--- title: Mate, what did the prince chop off with his sword? — Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did the prince chop off with his sword? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1155-pg3027-part21/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1155-pg3027-part21/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals… Mate, what did the prince chop off with his sword? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** chop off This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1155-pg3027-part21/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t6:1 # text = Mate, what did the prince chop off with his sword? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | past · do-support | the prince | | | | | with prince's sword; Mate *vocative* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent what=Patient with sword=Instrument | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The snake's head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t6:o1:1 # text = The snake's head 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The snake's head, which he threw far into the sea after the fight. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t6:o2:1 # text = The snake's head, which he threw far into the sea after the fight. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | the snake's head | | | | after the fight | into the sea *result*; far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into sea=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} The snake's body whole. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t6:o3:1 # text = The snake's body whole. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The dragon's wing. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t6:o4:1 # text = The dragon's wing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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