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title: What's the water of life supposed to do then? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the water of life supposed to do then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 116 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

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What's the water of life supposed to do then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** water · **What happens:** be, suppose, do · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 116 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life» 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/116-pg11027-part19/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t11:1
# text = What's the water of life supposed to do then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the water of life |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  | the water of life *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Make the sick King healthy again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t11:o1:1
# text = Make the sick King healthy again
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sick King |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset king=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Make the sick King healthy again and bring John back to life from the stone in the chamber

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t11:o2:1
# text = Make the sick King healthy again and bring John back to life from the stone in the chamber
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sick King |  |  | again | healthy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset king=Product |
| 2 | **bring back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | John |  | the stone |  | to life; in the chamber | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent john=Theme to life=Destination from stone=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Let the King live forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t11:o3:1
# text = Let the King live forever
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | the King |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Make the sick King healthy again and also turn the old dwarf into a golden statue for the hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t11:o4:1
# text = Make the sick King healthy again and also turn the old dwarf into a golden statue for the hall
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	also	also	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **turn** | present | you *not said here* | the old dwarf |  | a golden statue for the hall |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme into statue=Trajectory |

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