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title: Did loads of princes try to get in before him, or just, like, one? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did loads of princes try to get in before him, or just, like, one? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 120 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with the whole palace until a prince's kiss wakes her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with…

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Did loads of princes try to get in before him, or just, like, one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** loads · **What happens:** try, get in · **To what, where:** one

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 120 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with the whole palace until a prince's kiss wakes her» 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/120-pg11027-part23/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:t6:1
# text = Did loads of princes try to get in before him, or just, like, one?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | loads of princes | one |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | loads of princes *not said here* |  |  |  | before him *= he* |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Loads, and they all got stuck and died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:t6:o1:1
# text = Loads, and they all got stuck and died
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Loads |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **die** | past | Loads *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:t6:o2:1
# text = Loads, mate
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loads of them, all got stuck and died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:t6:o3:1
# text = Loads of them, all got stuck and died
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Loads of them |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **die** | past | Loads of them *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A few, and they all died there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:t6:o4:1
# text = A few, and they all died there
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | a few |  |  | there |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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