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title: wait the prince in the carriage, is he the one with the snuff-box du… — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait the prince in the carriage, is he the one with the snuff-box dude? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Test 3 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part…

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wait the prince in the carriage, is he the one with the snuff-box dude?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** prince, carriage, one

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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/1294-pg3454-part19/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t3:1
# text = wait the prince in the carriage, is he the one with the snuff-box dude?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prince |  | the carriage |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | the one |  |  |  | with the box dude | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah the smith's boy who has the box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah the smith's boy who has the box
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the smith's boy | the box |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah the smith's guy with Seven Inches, who gave the prince the magic box at the forge last spring

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah the smith's guy with Seven Inches, who gave the prince the magic box at the forge last spring
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	forge	forge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
20	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the smith's guy with Seven Inches | the magic box | the prince | the forge | spring |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient box=Theme at forge=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah the smith's guy with Seven Inches, the little spirit who lives in the box and talks

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah the smith's guy with Seven Inches, the little spirit who lives in the box and talks
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	talks	talk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the little spirit |  |  | the box and talks |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in box=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah the smith's guy with Seven Inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah the smith's guy with Seven Inches
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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