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title: whoa the ring's sick, what does it actually do for the king? — Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: whoa the ring's sick, what does it actually do for the king? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

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whoa the ring's sick, what does it actually do for the king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, ring · **What happens:** whoa, do

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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/1181-pg3027-part47/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t6:1
# text = whoa the ring's sick, what does it actually do for the king?
1	whoa	whoa	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whoa** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present · do-support | ring |  |  |  |  | for the king; actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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It lets him fly over the lake and the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t6:o1:1
# text = It lets him fly over the lake and the forest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | the lake and the forest |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lake=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It turns him into a frog so he can sneak into the crystal palace and see his wife without the Lion Fairy noticing him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t6:o2:1
# text = It turns him into a frog so he can sneak into the crystal palace and see his wife without the Lion Fairy noticing him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | into a frog | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme he=Result |
| 2 | **sneak** | can | frog |  |  | the crystal palace |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into palace=Destination |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | frog *not said here* | frog's wife |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |
| 4 | **notice** | gerund | the Lion Fairy | frog |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It lets him see his wife and speak to the Lion Fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t6:o3:1
# text = It lets him see his wife and speak to the Lion Fairy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his wife |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Lion Fairy | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to fairy=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It lets him see his wife, talk to the Lion Fairy, and also command the lake monsters to leave the crystal palace at once

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t6:o4:1
# text = It lets him see his wife, talk to the Lion Fairy, and also command the lake monsters to leave the crystal palace at once
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	command	command	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his wife |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |
| 3 | **talk** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Lion Fairy | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to fairy=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **command** | infinitive |  | the lake monsters |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent monster=Theme |
| 5 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | the crystal palace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme at once=Location |

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