--- title: lowkey sad, what did the brothers try to do to him? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey sad, what did the brothers try to do to him? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 117 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest Prince is betrayed, spared, and forgiven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/117-pg11027-part20/t11/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/117-pg11027-part20/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest Princ… lowkey sad, what did the brothers try to do to him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey, brothers · **What happens:** do, try · **To what, where:** lowkey This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 117 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest Prince is betrayed, spared, and forgiven» 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/117-pg11027-part20/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:117-pg11027-part20:t11:1 # text = lowkey sad, what did the brothers try to do to him? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | lowkey | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **try** | present | the brothers | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | | lowkey | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} shoot him in the forest secretly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:117-pg11027-part20:t11:o1:1 # text = shoot him in the forest secretly 1 shoot shoot VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the forest | | secretly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in forest=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} hurt him bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:117-pg11027-part20:t11:o2:1 # text = hurt him bad 1 hurt hurt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | bad *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} lock him in the tower forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:117-pg11027-part20:t11:o3:1 # text = lock him in the tower forever 1 lock lock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 forever forever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the tower | | forever *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} kill him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:117-pg11027-part20:t11:o4:1 # text = kill him 1 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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