--- title: What did the princess threaten to do, no joke? — Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the princess threaten to do, no joke? Test 9 · ★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1240-pg3282-part41/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince cl… What did the princess threaten to do, no joke? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** threaten, do · **To what, where:** joke This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t9:1 # text = What did the princess threaten to do, no joke? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | no joke | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Stop eating and drinking, and also refuse to see her father ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t9:o1:1 # text = Stop eating and drinking, and also refuse to see her father 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drink** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refuse** | present | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **see** | to-infinitive | | her father | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Starve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t9:o2:1 # text = Starve 1 Starve starve VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Stop eating and drinking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t9:o3:1 # text = Stop eating and drinking 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Refuse all her meals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:t9:o4:1 # text = Refuse all her meals 1 Refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | her meals | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Theme | **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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