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title: so the king sent a fresh one out, yeah? — d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the king sent a fresh one out, yeah? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1171 «d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the king sent a fresh one out, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** fresh one

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1171 «d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick prince» 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/1171-pg3027-part37/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t11:1
# text = so the king sent a fresh one out, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the king | a fresh one |  |  |  | out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 -->
Yeah, he sent a brand new envoy out to beg the father to lift the curse

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t11:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he sent a brand new envoy out to beg the father to lift the curse
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	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	envoy	envoy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | a new envoy |  |  |  | out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent envoy=Theme |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  | the father |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient |
| 3 | **lift** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the curse |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sent no one at all and just sat in the palace weeping for days

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t11:o2:1
# text = Nah, he sent no one at all and just sat in the palace weeping for days
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	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | no one |  | all |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location |
| 3 | **weep** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he sent another messenger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he sent another messenger
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	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | another messenger |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a new envoy to beg the father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a new envoy to beg the father
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	envoy	envoy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  |  | the father |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient |

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