--- title: What did the town think of him when he said he would cure the king? — Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the town think of him when he said he would cure the king? Test 7 · ★ 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 que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1197-pg3027-part63/t7/) [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/) / [Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1197-pg3027-part63/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he… What did the town think of him when he said he would cure the king? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** town · **What happens:** think, say, cure · **To what, where:** king · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t7:1 # text = What did the town think of him when he said he would cure the king? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the town | | | | | of him *= he* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | town | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cure** | would | town | the king | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer king=Source | 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} They thought he was just a kid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t7:o1:1 # text = They thought he was just a kid 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a kid | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t7:o2:1 # text = They laughed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They thought he was a right chancer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t7:o3:1 # text = They thought he was a right chancer 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 chancer chancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a right chancer | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They reckoned he was a total fraud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:t7:o4:1 # text = They reckoned he was a total fraud 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fraud fraud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a total fraud | | | | | tree rules | **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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