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title: Skint miller's son, so what's the cat's big plan? — Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Skint miller's son, so what's the cat's big plan? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the ki…

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Skint miller's son, so what's the cat's big plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** son · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big plan

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» 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/1447-pg503-part34/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t12:1
# text = Skint miller's son, so what's the cat's big plan?
1	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Skint miller's son | the cat's big plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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to win the king's favour for his master and gain land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t12:o1:1
# text = to win the king's favour for his master and gain land
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gain	gain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the king's favour |  |  |  | for king's master | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent favour=Theme for master=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **gain** | present |  | land |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 3 | **favour** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to get the king to like his master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t12:o2:1
# text = to get the king to like his master
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | king's master |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot master=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to win the king's favour for his master by any trick at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t12:o3:1
# text = to win the king's favour for his master by any trick at all
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the king's favour |  |  |  | for king's master; by any trick at all | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent favour=Theme for master=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **favour** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to win the king's favour for his master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t12:o4:1
# text = to win the king's favour for his master
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the king's favour |  |  |  | for king's master | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent favour=Theme for master=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **favour** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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