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title: ok but how did the old man get the bed back to shore? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but how did the old man get the bed back to shore? Test 6 · ★ 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 option; 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…

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ok but how did the old man get the bed back to shore?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** bed

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t6:1
# text = ok but how did the old man get the bed back to shore?
1	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the old man | the bed |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bed=Stimulus |

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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 -->
he tied it to the back of his boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t6:o1:1
# text = he tied it to the back of his boat
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | he | it |  |  |  | to the back of his boat | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to back=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
rowed it in with his oars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t6:o2:1
# text = rowed it in with his oars
1	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row in** | past |  | it |  |  |  | with his oars | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dragged it with a boat-hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t6:o3:1
# text = dragged it with a boat-hook
1	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past |  | it |  |  |  | with a boat hook | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he waited for the tide to carry it in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:t6:o4:1
# text = he waited for the tide to carry it in
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | he |  |  |  |  | for the tide | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | tide |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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