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title: Okay, the ring gave him two wishes, so what did he do with them? — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, the ring gave him two wishes, so what did he do with them? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Test 5 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

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Okay, the ring gave him two wishes, so what did he do with them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ring, he · **What happens:** give, do · **To what, where:** two wishes, him

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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/1545-pg540-part42/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t5:1
# text = Okay, the ring gave him two wishes, so what did he do with them?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the ring | two wishes | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wish=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | with wishes *= wish* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wished himself home, then wished his Queen there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t5:o1:1
# text = wished himself home, then wished his Queen there
1	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | home *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | past |  | his Queen |  | there | then |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot queen=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wished for his Queen, then sold the ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t5:o2:1
# text = wished for his Queen, then sold the ring
1	wished	wish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for his Queen | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for queen=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | past |  | the ring |  |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wished for gold and for a crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t5:o3:1
# text = wished for gold and for a crown
1	wished	wish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for gold and a crown | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for gold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he wished himself home first, then used the second to bring his Queen to his side

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t5:o4:1
# text = he wished himself home first, then used the second to bring his Queen to his side
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | first, home *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | past | he *not said here* | the second |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent second=Patient |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | his Queen |  | his side |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent queen=Theme to side=Destination |

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