--- title: what did Prince do when the boat left, so sad? — Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Ma… · tree and pragmatics description: what did Prince do when the boat left, so sad? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1313 «Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king for a cow and they break Sunday rest» 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/1313-pg3454-part38/t9/) [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/) / [Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Ma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1313-pg3454-part38/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king… what did Prince do when the boat left, so sad? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince, boat · **What happens:** do, leave This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1313 «Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king for a cow and they break Sunday rest» 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/1313-pg3454-part38/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:t9:1 # text = what did Prince do when the boat left, so sad? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **leave** | participle | the boat | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Whined on the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:t9:o1:1 # text = Whined on the shore 1 Whined whine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whine** | participle | | | | the shore | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Howled at the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:t9:o2:1 # text = Howled at the sea 1 Howled howl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **howl** | participle | | | | | | at the sea | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sea=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ran off the rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:t9:o3:1 # text = Ran off the rock 1 Ran run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | participle | | the rock | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rock=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Barked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:t9:o4:1 # text = Barked 1 Barked bark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | participle | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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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