--- title: Sus, why did the King's turban fall off? — pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4… · tree and pragmatics description: Sus, why did the King's turban fall off? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1462-pg503-part49/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1462-pg503-part49/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t… Sus, why did the King's turban fall off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sus · **What happens:** fall off This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» 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/1462-pg503-part49/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t10:1 # text = Sus, why did the King's turban fall off? 1 Sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 turban turban NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | past · do-support | Sus | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} A bird had flown into his face while he was sitting on the throne ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t10:o1:1 # text = A bird had flown into his face while he was sitting on the throne 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past · perfect · passive | | a bird | | bird's face | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into face=Trajectory | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | bird | | | the throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} He had seen the most miraculous cat in all the land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t10:o2:1 # text = He had seen the most miraculous cat in all the land 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 miraculous miraculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | He | the miraculous cat | | all land | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} His heart heaved with joy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t10:o3:1 # text = His heart heaved with joy 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heaved heave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heave** | participle | His heart | | | | | with joy | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was struck with wonder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t10:o4:1 # text = He was struck with wonder 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 aux:pass _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · passive | | He | | | | with wonder | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with wonder=Instrument | **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. 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