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title: Yo, did the prince actually whack that dragon or what? — Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Si… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the prince actually whack that dragon or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 1 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

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Yo, did the prince actually whack that dragon or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** prince

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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/1206-pg3282-part7/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the prince actually whack that dragon or what?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	whack	whack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	det	_	_
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He shot it in the eye then chopped its neck, proper wicked, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t1:o1:1
# text = He shot it in the eye then chopped its neck, proper wicked, innit
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shot	shoot	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | He | it |  | the eye |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in eye=Destination |
| 2 | **chop** | past | He *not said here* | eye's neck |  |  | then |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He shot its wing then stabbed its back, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t1:o2:1
# text = He shot its wing then stabbed its back, bruv
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | He | its wing |  |  |  | bruv *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme |
| 2 | **stab** | past | He *not said here* | wing's back |  |  | then |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He shot it in the chest then kicked it, innit, proper sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t1:o3:1
# text = He shot it in the chest then kicked it, innit, proper sick
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shot	shoot	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | He | it |  | the chest |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in chest=Destination |
| 2 | **kick** | past | He *not said here* | chest |  |  | then |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he shot it, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he shot it, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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