--- title: Bro, how did the King get past the nymphs, like? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, how did the King get past the nymphs, like? Test 5 · ★ 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 que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1425-pg503-part12/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid'… Bro, how did the King get past the nymphs, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** do, get This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t5:1 # text = Bro, how did the King get past the nymphs, like? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 past past ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nymphs nymph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | Bro *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | present | the King | | | | | past the nymphs | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past nymph=Destination | 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} He cut their ropes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t5:o1:1 # text = He cut their ropes 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | He | their ropes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} He charmed them asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t5:o2:1 # text = He charmed them asleep 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 charmed charm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | past | He | them *= they* | | | | asleep *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He broke their garlands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t5:o3:1 # text = He broke their garlands 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 garlands garland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | He | their garlands | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garland=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He flew over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1425-pg503-part12:t5:o4:1 # text = He flew over 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly over** | past | He | | | | | over *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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