--- title: Innit, what did the king do to the poor woman in the desert? — Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Innit, what did the king do to the poor woman in the desert? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1253-pg3282-part54/t11/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1253-pg3282-part54/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and t… Innit, what did the king do to the poor woman in the desert? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit, king · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** desert This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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/1253-pg3282-part54/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t11:1 # text = Innit, what did the king do to the poor woman in the desert? 1 Innit Innit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Innit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the king | | | the desert | | to the poor woman | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} chopped her head off and buried her in the sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t11:o1:1 # text = chopped her head off and buried her in the sand 1 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | past | | her head | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **bury** | past | | her *= she* | | the sand | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in sand=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} took her as a slave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t11:o2:1 # text = took her as a slave 1 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | | her *= she* | | | | as a slave | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme as slave=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} chopped her head off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t11:o3:1 # text = chopped her head off 1 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | past | | her head | | | | off *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} chopped her head off after she begged him for water in the desert ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t11:o4:1 # text = chopped her head off after she begged him for water in the desert 1 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | past | | her head | | | | off *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she | | him *= he* | the desert | | for water | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient for water=Topic | **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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