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title: yo, did the king seriously say he'd cut off their heads? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the king seriously say he'd cut off their heads? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the king seriously say he'd cut off their heads?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, say, cut off · **To what, where:** king, heads · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess» 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/1527-pg540-part24/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t1:1
# text = yo, did the king seriously say he'd cut off their heads?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cut off** | past · perfect | king | their heads |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah bro, the whole court was waiting for the blade to fall on them both

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah bro, the whole court was waiting for the blade to fall on them both
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | the whole court |  |  |  |  | for the blade | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | the whole court *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah bro, he just yelled it for drama

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t1:o2:1
# text = nah bro, he just yelled it for drama
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | he | bro |  |  |  | for drama; bro *vocative* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah bro, the headsman was already on his way over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah bro, the headsman was already on his way over
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	headsman	headsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | bro |  |  | his way |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah bro, the sword was getting sharpened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah bro, the sword was getting sharpened
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · progressive | the sword |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sharpen** | participle | the sword *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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