--- title: what did the prince say if he couldn't marry her? — d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fai… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the prince say if he couldn't marry her? Test 8 · ★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1171-pg3027-part37/t8/) [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/) / [d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1171-pg3027-part37/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window… what did the prince say if he couldn't marry her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** do, say, not marry · **To what, where:** her · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t8:1 # text = what did the prince say if he couldn't marry her? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | prince | her *= she* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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} He'd die of misery, dead serious ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t8:o1:1 # text = He'd die of misery, dead serious 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | would | He | | | | | of misery | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of misery=Causer | ### Option 2 {#o2} He'd die of misery and grief, seriously, he'd fade away in the tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t8:o2:1 # text = He'd die of misery and grief, seriously, he'd fade away in the tower 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 fade fade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | would | He | | | | | of misery and grief; seriously *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of misery=Causer | | 2 | **fade away** | would | he | | | the tower | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} He'd starve, honestly mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t8:o3:1 # text = He'd starve, honestly mate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | would | He | | | | | mate *vocative*; honestly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He'd waste away, no joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1171-pg3027-part37:t8:o4:1 # text = He'd waste away, no joke 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waste away** | would | He | | | | | away *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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