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title: So the king said sorry and promised no more wars, right? — Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the king said sorry and promised no more wars, right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1301 «Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 11 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pon…

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So the king said sorry and promised no more wars, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** say, promise · **To what, where:** more wars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1301 «Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.» 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/1301-pg3454-part26/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t11:1
# text = So the king said sorry and promised no more wars, right?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	no	no	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past | the king |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the king *not said here* | more wars |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent war=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yeah, he'd stop fighting now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t11:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he'd stop fighting now
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fight** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, no more wars ever, he promised everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, no more wars ever, he promised everyone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | no more wars | everyone |  |  | ever |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

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

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Yeah, no more wars ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, no more wars ever
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, more wars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:t11:o4:1
# text = Nah, more wars
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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