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title: wait why did the king drink the water — Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princ… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait why did the king drink the water Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1461 «Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Charming fetches the water, is jailed, and becomes king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Char…

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wait why did the king drink the water

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, king · **What happens:** wait, drink · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1461 «Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Charming fetches the water, is jailed, and becomes king» 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/1461-pg503-part48/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t2:1
# text = wait why did the king drink the water
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drink** | past · do-support | the king | the water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro he drank the beauty stuff by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t2:o1:1
# text = bro he drank the beauty stuff by accident
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | bro | the beauty stuff |  |  |  | by accident | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro it was the sleep stuff not the beauty stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t2:o2:1
# text = bro it was the sleep stuff not the beauty stuff
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro | the sleep stuff |  |  |  | the beauty stuff *nmod* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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bro the king drank the sleep water thinking it was beauty stuff, that's so messy and sad ngl

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t2:o3:1
# text = bro the king drank the sleep water thinking it was beauty stuff, that's so messy and sad ngl
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	beauty	beauty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
20	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | the king | the sleep water |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; messy ngl *obl:unmarked* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the sleep water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | water | beauty stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | messy *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the queen gave it to him on purpose, the whole palace knew that already fr

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t2:o4:1
# text = nah the queen gave it to him on purpose, the whole palace knew that already fr
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
16	already	already	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the queen | it | him *= he* | purpose |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient on purpose=Asset |
| 2 | **know** | past | the whole palace | that fr |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fr=Stimulus |

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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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