--- title: Who wanted the prince to get a puppy, proper? — Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Who wanted the prince to get a puppy, proper? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1240-pg3282-part41/t3/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1240-pg3282-part41/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince cl… Who wanted the prince to get a puppy, proper? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** want, get · **To what, where:** prince, puppy This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» 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/1240-pg3282-part41/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t3:1 # text = Who wanted the prince to get a puppy, proper? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | a puppy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puppy=Stimulus | 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} His old nurse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t3:o1:1 # text = His old nurse 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The king himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t3:o2:1 # text = The king himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The king's steward ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t3:o3:1 # text = The king's steward 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The king's own councillor, who advised him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t3:o4:1 # text = The king's own councillor, who advised him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 councillor councillor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | the king's own councillor | | king | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | **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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