--- title: Hold up, what's a courtier even? — Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics description: Hold up, what's a courtier even? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1478-pg503-part65/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/) / [Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1478-pg503-part65/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do… Hold up, what's a courtier even? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hold up, be · **To what, where:** courtier This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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/1478-pg503-part65/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t10:1 # text = Hold up, what's a courtier even? 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 courtier courtier NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a courtier | | | | | tree rules | 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 nobleman who attended the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t10:o1:1 # text = A nobleman who attended the king 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 attended attend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attend** | past | a nobleman | | the king | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme king=Goal | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A lord who hung around the king's court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t10:o2:1 # text = A lord who hung around the king's court 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | a lord | | | the king's court | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around court=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A lord who spent all his days hunting in the forest and eating at the king's table with his friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t10:o3:1 # text = A lord who spent all his days hunting in the forest and eating at the king's table with his friends 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | a lord | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | a lord *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | a lord *not said here* | | | the king's table | | with lord's friends | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A high official in the king's house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t10:o4:1 # text = A high official in the king's house 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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