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title: Why would the Prince not just say he loved her? — White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would the Prince not just say he loved her? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

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Why would the Prince not just say he loved her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** not say, love · **To what, where:** her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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/1450-pg503-part37/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t3:1
# text = Why would the Prince not just say he loved her?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | would | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** | past | Prince | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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He was shy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t3:o1:1
# text = He was shy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He feared rejection now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t3:o2:1
# text = He feared rejection now
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rejection	rejection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | He | rejection |  |  | now |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rejection=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The spell kept him silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t3:o3:1
# text = The spell kept him silent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the spell | him *= he* |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The spell was too strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t3:o4:1
# text = The spell was too strong
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the spell |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

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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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