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title: So why did the little monster save the keeper, like? — Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: So why did the little monster save the keeper, like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…

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So why did the little monster save the keeper, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little monster · **What happens:** save · **To what, where:** keeper

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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/1479-pg503-part66/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t4:1
# text = So why did the little monster save the keeper, like?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past · do-support | the little monster | the keeper |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keeper=Theme |

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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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Cos he felt sorry for the man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t4:o1:1
# text = Cos he felt sorry for the man
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | Cos |  |  |  |  | for the man; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cos he wanted to pay back bad with good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t4:o2:1
# text = Cos he wanted to pay back bad with good
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pay back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos he wanted to pay back the keeper's cruelty by showing him what kindness looks like

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t4:o3:1
# text = Cos he wanted to pay back the keeper's cruelty by showing him what kindness looks like
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
15	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
17	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pay back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cos *not said here* | the keeper's cruelty |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cruelty=Asset |
| 3 | **show** | gerund | Cos *not said here* |  | Cos |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **look** | present | kindness |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos he hoped the keeper would reward him with a bigger cage and better food soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t4:o4:1
# text = Cos he hoped the keeper would reward him with a bigger cage and better food soon
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	reward	reward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | Cos | the keeper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reward** | would | Cos |  | him *= he* |  |  | with a bigger cage and better food; soon *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with cage=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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