--- title: Sick, so the boy's dad just gives up and lets him go? — Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a… · tree and pragmatics description: Sick, so the boy's dad just gives up and lets him go? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/t10/) [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/) / [Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part… Sick, so the boy's dad just gives up and lets him go? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dad · **What happens:** sick, give up, let, go · **To what, where:** dad This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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/1228-pg3282-part29/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:t10:1 # text = Sick, so the boy's dad just gives up and lets him go? 1 Sick sick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give up** | present | the boy's dad | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **let** | present | the boy's dad *not said here* | dad | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | dad *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yeah, he reckons it's the best call ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:t10:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he reckons it's the best call 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 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | the best call | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, he thinks it's the wisest plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he thinks it's the wisest plan 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 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | he | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | the wisest plan | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nah, he's furious and locks the boy in his room so he can't go at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:t10:o3:1 # text = Nah, he's furious and locks the boy in his room so he can't go at all 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 locks lock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | furious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lock** | present | he *not said here* | the boy | | boy's room | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient | | 3 | **not** **go** | can | boy | | | all | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he thinks it's a daft idea now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:t10:o4:1 # text = Nah, he thinks it's a daft idea now 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 daft daft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | he | | | | now | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | a daft idea | | | | | 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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