--- title: what's the King's deal with him, ngl? — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb:… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the King's deal with him, ngl? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1469-pg503-part56/t11/) [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/) / [Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1469-pg503-part56/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks… what's the King's deal with him, ngl? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** be, deal This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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/1469-pg503-part56/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:t11:1 # text = what's the King's deal with him, ngl? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ngl ngl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deal** | | the King | | | | | with King | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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} he pays him well for every bit of army news ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:t11:o1:1 # text = he pays him well for every bit of army news 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | he | | him *= he* | | | for every bit of army news; well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for bit=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he gives him a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:t11:o2:1 # text = he gives him a horse 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | he | a horse | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he sends him to spy on the enemy at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:t11:o3:1 # text = he sends him to spy on the enemy at night 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **spy** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | the enemy | night | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} pays him for army news ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:t11:o4:1 # text = pays him for army news 1 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | | | him *= he* | | | for army news | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for news=Theme | **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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