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title: Why did the ring prick so much when he got really naughty? — Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the ring prick so much when he got really naughty? Test 12 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

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Why did the ring prick so much when he got really naughty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** ring prick

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t12:1
# text = Why did the ring prick so much when he got really naughty?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	prick	prick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he *not said here* | the ring prick |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prick=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | naughty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It made his finger actually bleed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t12:o1:1
# text = It made his finger actually bleed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	bleed	bleed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | his finger |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset finger=Beneficiary bleed=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It made his hand go numb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t12:o2:1
# text = It made his hand go numb
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | his hand |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | his hand *not said here* |  |  |  |  | numb *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It made his finger actually bleed and swell so badly that he couldn't hold his sword for a whole week

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t12:o3:1
# text = It made his finger actually bleed and swell so badly that he couldn't hold his sword for a whole week
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	bleed	bleed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	swell	swell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | his finger |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material finger=Product |
| 2 | **bleed** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **swell** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **not** **hold** | could | he | his sword |  |  | week |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It stung him sharply each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:t12:o4:1
# text = It stung him sharply each time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past | It | him *= he* |  |  | time | sharply *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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