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title: Did the second son really ride off without looking back? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the second son really ride off without looking back? Test 9 · ★ 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 depen
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

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Did the second son really ride off without looking back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, ride off, look back · **To what, where:** second son

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t9:1
# text = Did the second son really ride off without looking back?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	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 | **do** | past |  | the second son |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ride off** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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Yeah, he was well cheeky and didn't look round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was well cheeky and didn't look round
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | cheeky, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **look round** | past · do-support | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he rode off quick, no goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he rode off quick, no goodbye
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride off** | past | he | no goodbye |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, he was well cheeky and rode straight off without saying a word to anyone, not even his dad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was well cheeky and rode straight off without saying a word to anyone, not even his dad
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
19	even	even	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | cheeky, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | he *not said here* | a word | anyone |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, he looked back loads of times and then came back to the castle to say sorry to the King

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, he looked back loads of times and then came back to the castle to say sorry to the King
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
18	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come back** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the castle | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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