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title: What did the King want Charming to do? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the King want Charming to do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 11 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

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What did the King want Charming to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King, Charming · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** Charming

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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/1459-pg503-part46/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t11:1
# text = What did the King want Charming to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the King | Charming |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Charming *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Talk the Princess into marrying him and bring her back to the palace by Friday

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t11:o1:1
# text = Talk the Princess into marrying him and bring her back to the palace by Friday
1	Talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 2 | **marry** | gerund | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **bring back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Princess |  | the palace | friday |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Get the Princess to say yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t11:o2:1
# text = Get the Princess to say yes
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

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

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Talk the Princess into marrying him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t11:o3:1
# text = Talk the Princess into marrying him
1	Talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 2 | **marry** | gerund | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Convince the Princess to wed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t11:o4:1
# text = Convince the Princess to wed him
1	Convince	convince	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convince** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent princess=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **wed** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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