--- title: Was the prince bored in the castle? — Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the prince bored in the castle? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1293-pg3454-part18/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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1293-pg3454-part18/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d… Was the prince bored in the castle? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, bore · **To what, where:** prince, castle This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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/1293-pg3454-part18/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t11:1 # text = Was the prince bored in the castle? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 csubj _ _ 4 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bore** | participle | | | | the castle | | | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in castle=Location | 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} Yeah, he missed his sweetheart badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he missed his sweetheart badly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | past | he | his sweetheart | | | | badly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweetheart=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he was lonesome for his true love, and he couldn't stop thinking about her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was lonesome for his true love, and he couldn't stop thinking about her 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 lonesome lonesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | for his true love; lonesome *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **stop** | could | he | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | about her *= she* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic | | 4 | **love** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, he was lonesome for his true love and wandered the halls all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was lonesome for his true love and wandered the halls all day 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 lonesome lonesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | for his true love; lonesome *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wander** | past | lonesome | the halls | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Trajectory | | 3 | **love** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he was lonesome for his true love ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t11:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he was lonesome for his true love 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 lonesome lonesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | for his true love; lonesome *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | **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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