--- title: Ngl, what do the sphinxes do to the King's sword? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what do the sphinxes do to the King's sword? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1425 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid's trick, the diamond sword, and the King's fight to reach Bellissima» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1425-pg503-part12/t13/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1425-pg503-part12/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid'… Ngl, what do the sphinxes do to the King's sword? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, sphinxes · **What happens:** do This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1425 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid's trick, the diamond sword, and the King's fight to reach Bellissima» 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/1425-pg503-part12/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t13:1 # text = Ngl, what do the sphinxes do to the King's sword? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 4 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sphinxes sphinx NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | Ngl | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | the sphinxes | | | | | to the King's sword | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Fall helpless at the feet of the King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t13:o1:1 # text = Fall helpless at the feet of the King 1 Fall fall VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the feet of the King | | helpless *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Fall helpless at his feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t13:o2:1 # text = Fall helpless at his feet 1 Fall fall VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | his feet | | helpless *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Turn and run away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t13:o3:1 # text = Turn and run away 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Fall down helpless and die at his feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t13:o4:1 # text = Fall down helpless and die at his feet 1 Fall fall VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | helpless *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **die** | present | you *not said here* | | | his feet | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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