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title: when the King said he was a great subject, what did Whittington say… — pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whitti… · tree and pragmatics
description: when the King said he was a great subject, what did Whittington say back Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 7 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

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when the King said he was a great subject, what did Whittington say back

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King, Whittington · **What happens:** say, be, say back · **To what, where:** great subject · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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/1463-pg503-part50/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t7:1
# text = when the King said he was a great subject, what did Whittington say back
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | King | a great subject |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say back** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Whittington | a great subject |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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I thank you, my liege, and I shall serve London faithfully for ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t7:o1:1
# text = I thank you, my liege, and I shall serve London faithfully for ever
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	liege	liege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | I | my liege | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | shall | I | London |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent london=Theme for ever=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Your majesty flatters me far more than I deserve, sire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t7:o2:1
# text = Your majesty flatters me far more than I deserve, sire
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	majesty	majesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flatters	flatter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sire	sire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flatter** | present | Your majesty | me |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer more=Result |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I am honoured by your words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t7:o3:1
# text = I am honoured by your words
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	honoured	honour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | present · passive | your words | I |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **word** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never had subject such a king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1463-pg503-part50:t7:o4:1
# text = never had subject such a king
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past |  | subject |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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