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title: Dude, what did the sea-king say he'd really like from Maie? — Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the sea-king say he'd really like from Maie? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 11 · ★ · Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more an…

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Dude, what did the sea-king say he'd really like from Maie?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, say, like · **To what, where:** sea king, Maie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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/1314-pg3454-part39/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t11:1
# text = Dude, what did the sea-king say he'd really like from Maie?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Maie	Maie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the sea king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **like** | would | Dude |  |  | Maie |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The gold and silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t11:o1:1
# text = The gold and silver
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The gold and silver she had hidden away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t11:o2:1
# text = The gold and silver she had hidden away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide away** | past · perfect · passive |  | the gold and silver |  |  |  | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A big pot of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t11:o3:1
# text = A big pot of gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The golden crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t11:o4:1
# text = The golden crown
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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