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title: Dead funny, what did the prince do before he opened the chest? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Ra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead funny, what did the prince do before he opened the chest? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1282 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: th…

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Dead funny, what did the prince do before he opened the chest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dead funny, he · **What happens:** do, open · **To what, where:** prince, chest

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1282 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it» 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/1282-pg3454-part7/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t5:1
# text = Dead funny, what did the prince do before he opened the chest?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Dead funny |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **open** | past | he | the chest |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Had his guards watch the river closely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t5:o1:1
# text = Had his guards watch the river closely
1	Had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watch	watch	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	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present | his guards | the river |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Told his men to watch the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t5:o2:1
# text = Told his men to watch the water
1	Told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | his men |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Got his men with swords ready just in case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t5:o3:1
# text = Got his men with swords ready just in case
1	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | ready case | his men |  |  | with swords | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary case=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Drew swords, why not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t5:o4:1
# text = Drew swords, why not
1	Drew	drew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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