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title: Yo, why did the King have to bounce to the battlefield? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, why did the King have to bounce to the battlefield? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

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Yo, why did the King have to bounce to the battlefield?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** have, bounce · **To what, where:** battlefield

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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/1528-pg540-part25/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t8:1
# text = Yo, why did the King have to bounce to the battlefield?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	battlefield	battlefield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · do-support | the King |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bounce** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* |  |  | the battlefield |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to battlefield=Destination |

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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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A neighbor wanted his crown and land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t8:o1:1
# text = A neighbor wanted his crown and land
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | a neighbor | neighbor's crown and land |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crown=Theme |
| 2 | **crown** |  | neighbor |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The enemy was coming with a huge army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t8:o2:1
# text = The enemy was coming with a huge army
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · progressive | the enemy |  |  |  |  | with a huge army | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rebels had burned the western town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t8:o3:1
# text = The rebels had burned the western town
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past · perfect · passive |  | the rebels |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t8:o4:1
# text = To hunt
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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