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title: Wait, so the king sent the chamberlain for three days? — Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so the king sent the chamberlain for three days? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, so the king sent the chamberlain for three days?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, king · **What happens:** wait, send · **To what, where:** chamberlain

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» 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/1167-pg3027-part33/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t6:1
# text = Wait, so the king sent the chamberlain for three days?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | past | the king | the chamberlain |  |  | day |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sent the chamberlain to return the table and bring the cornet too, mate.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, he sent the chamberlain to return the table and bring the cornet too, mate.
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	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cornet	cornet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | the chamberlain |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the table |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |
| 3 | **bring** | infinitive | he *not said here* | the cornet |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cornet=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to borrow the table, bruv.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, to borrow the table, bruv.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | the table and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to borrow the table for three days, bruv, that's the deal.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, to borrow the table for three days, bruv, that's the deal.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | the table |  |  | day |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the deal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to steal the cornet, bruv.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, to steal the cornet, bruv.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	steal	steal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cornet	cornet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | to-infinitive |  | the cornet and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cornet=Theme |

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