--- title: Right, so who's the real villain here, the brother or the king? — Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Han… · tree and pragmatics description: Right, so who's the real villain here, the brother or the king? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1309 «Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel brother cuts off his sister's hand, and a prince finds her crying in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1309-pg3454-part34/t12/) [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/) / [Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Han…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1309-pg3454-part34/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel… Right, so who's the real villain here, the brother or the king? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real villain This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1309 «Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel brother cuts off his sister's hand, and a prince finds her crying in a tree» 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/1309-pg3454-part34/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t12:1 # text = Right, so who's the real villain here, the brother or the king? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 villain villain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the real villain and the brother or the king | | here | | | tree rules | 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} The king, no question, cos he believed the lies without even checking the facts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t12:o1:1 # text = The king, no question, cos he believed the lies without even checking the facts 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | the king and no question | the lies | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus | | 2 | **check** | gerund | the king and no question *not said here* | the facts | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The brother, no question, he's the snake who started it all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t12:o2:1 # text = The brother, no question, he's the snake who started it all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the brother and no question | the snake | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | past | the snake | snake | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} The brother, obviously mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t12:o3:1 # text = The brother, obviously mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The brother, no question ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1309-pg3454-part34:t12:o4:1 # text = The brother, no question 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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