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title: What was that crack the Prince heard on the road? — Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was that crack the Prince heard on the road? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 5 · ★ · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was that crack the Prince heard on the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, Prince · **What happens:** be, hear · **To what, where:** road

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t5:1
# text = What was that crack the Prince heard on the road?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crack	crack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | crack *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past | the Prince |  |  | the road |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An iron band breaking from Henry's heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t5:o1:1
# text = An iron band breaking from Henry's heart
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund | a iron band *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from Henry's heart | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from heart=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lid of an old iron chest flying open and crashing onto the cold stone floor of the cellar

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t5:o2:1
# text = The lid of an old iron chest flying open and crashing onto the cold stone floor of the cellar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
12	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund | a old iron chest *not said here* |  |  |  |  | open *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crash** | gerund | a old iron chest *not said here* |  |  | the cold stone floor of the cellar |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto floor=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wooden axle snapping apart under the heavy carriage that was rolling over the bridge

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t5:o3:1
# text = A wooden axle snapping apart under the heavy carriage that was rolling over the bridge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	axle	axle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	snapping	snap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | gerund | a wooden axle *not said here* |  |  | the heavy carriage |  | apart *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under carriage=Location |
| 2 | **roll** | past · progressive | the heavy carriage |  |  | the bridge |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wooden axle splitting in the frosty night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t5:o4:1
# text = A wooden axle splitting in the frosty night
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	axle	axle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	splitting	split	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	frosty	frosty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | gerund | a wooden axle *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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