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title: What did the king do with the balsam once it worked? — Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the king do with the balsam once it worked? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 11 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

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What did the king do with the balsam once it worked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, balsam · **What happens:** do, work

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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/1197-pg3027-part63/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t11:1
# text = What did the king do with the balsam once it worked?
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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	balsam	balsam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **do** | present | the king |  |  |  |  | with the balsam | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **work** | past | balsam |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He made sure nobody else touched it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t11:o1:1
# text = He made sure nobody else touched it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **touch** | past | nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He gave it to his best friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t11:o2:1
# text = He gave it to his best friend
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | it | his best friend |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He locked the flask away in the royal vault and told the guards to kill anyone who came near it

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t11:o3:1
# text = He locked the flask away in the royal vault and told the guards to kill anyone who came near it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	locked	lock	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	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	obj	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	near	near	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock away** | past | He | the flask |  | the royal vault |  | away *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* | the guards |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the guards *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | past |  |  |  | vault |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had the balsam copied by a dozen clerks and sent to every town in the land for safekeeping

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t11:o4:1
# text = He had the balsam copied by a dozen clerks and sent to every town in the land for safekeeping
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	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	balsam	balsam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	clerks	clerk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | the balsam |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balsam=Patient |
| 2 | **copy** | participle |  | the balsam *not said here* |  |  |  | by dozen clerks | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by clerk=Destination |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  |  |  | the land |  | to every town; for safekeeping | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to town=Destination |

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