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title: Mate, who even told the King to get the Finland wizard? — Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, who even told the King to get the Finland wizard? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 5 · ★ · Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, who even told the King to get the Finland wizard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** tell, get · **To what, where:** King, Finland wizard · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» 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/1455-pg503-part42/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:t5:1
# text = Mate, who even told the King to get the Finland wizard?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	iobj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Finland	Finland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | the King |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the Finland wizard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some random courtier, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:t5:o1:1
# text = Some random courtier, innit
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	courtier	courtier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of people said it but mainly the wind wizard's son, the one who knew everything, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:t5:o2:1
# text = Loads of people said it but mainly the wind wizard's son, the one who knew everything, innit
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Loads of people | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | past | the one | everything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wind wizard's son, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:t5:o3:1
# text = The wind wizard's son, innit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I reckon it was the Prince's mate who was always hanging round the stables, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:t5:o4:1
# text = I reckon it was the Prince's mate who was always hanging round the stables, innit
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
12	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	round	round	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | the Prince's mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hang** | past · progressive | the Prince's mate |  |  | the stables and innit |  | always *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round stable=Destination |

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