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title: Why did the King stop at the castle? — d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Per… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the King stop at the castle? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 9 · ★ · d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the…

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Why did the King stop at the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** King stop, castle

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» 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/1540-pg540-part37/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t9:1
# text = Why did the King stop at the castle?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the King stop |  | the castle |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=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 -->
Cos the Duchess invited him, innit, so he came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t9:o1:1
# text = Cos the Duchess invited him, innit, so he came
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	invited	invite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | cos the Duchess | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos he had a massive bill to pay, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t9:o2:1
# text = Cos he had a massive bill to pay, mate
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | a massive bill and mate |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Patient |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a massive bill and mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the horses were all lame and the river had flooded the bridge, so he was forced to stop there.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t9:o3:1
# text = Cos the horses were all lame and the river had flooded the bridge, so he was forced to stop there.
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lame	lame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	flooded	flood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | cos the horses; all, lame *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **flood** | past · perfect · passive |  | the river |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **force** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **stop** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos it was boiling hot and he was knackered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t9:o4:1
# text = Cos it was boiling hot and he was knackered
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **knacker** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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