--- title: Were the princes going home sound with the Steed of Bells, or what? — Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Were the princes going home sound with the Steed of Bells, or what? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/t7/) [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/) / [Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t… Were the princes going home sound with the Steed of Bells, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princes · **What happens:** be, go, sound · **To what, where:** princes This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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/1518-pg540-part15/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t7:1 # text = Were the princes going home sound with the Steed of Bells, or what? 1 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Bells Bell PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the princes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | the princes *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sound** | present | the princes | | | | | with the Steed of Bells | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with steed=Theme | 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} yeah, they rode off merry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t7:o1:1 # text = yeah, they rode off merry 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 merry merry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride off** | past | they | merry | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merry=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, they set off happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t7:o2:1 # text = yeah, they set off happy 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | past | they | | | | | happy *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, they set off home happy with the Steed of Bells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t7:o3:1 # text = yeah, they set off home happy with the Steed of Bells 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | past | they | | | | | with the Steed of Bells; happy, home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, they rode off very happy towards their father's palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t7:o4:1 # text = yeah, they rode off very happy towards their father's palace 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 towards towards ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride off** | past | they | | | their father's palace | | happy *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards palace=Trajectory | **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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