--- title: So the princess went back home on the donkey, sick? — Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and t… · tree and pragmatics description: So the princess went back home on the donkey, sick? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1242-pg3282-part43/t12/) [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 Tales (pg3282), The Prince and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1242-pg3282-part43/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he… So the princess went back home on the donkey, sick? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** go back This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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/1242-pg3282-part43/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t12:1 # text = So the princess went back home on the donkey, sick? 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | the princess | | | | | on the donkey; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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} Nah, it walked off very slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t12:o1:1 # text = Nah, it walked off very slowly 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk off** | past | it | | | | | slowly *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, it refused to move and stood there braying at the sand for a whole hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t12:o2:1 # text = Nah, it refused to move and stood there braying at the sand for a whole hour 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 10 braying bray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | it | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **move** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bray** | gerund | | | | | hour | at the sand | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sand=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, it trotted home quietly now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it trotted home quietly now 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trotted trot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trot** | past | it | | | | now | home, quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, it brayed and galloped off fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it brayed and galloped off fast 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brayed bray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bray** | past | it | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gallop off** | past | | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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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