--- title: Why'd the prince just wander into her field like that? — The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the prince just wander into her field like that? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1556-pg540-part53/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1556-pg540-part53/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb… Why'd the prince just wander into her field like that? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** wander · **To what, where:** prince, field This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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/1556-pg540-part53/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t9:1 # text = Why'd the prince just wander into her field like that? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 wander wander VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | present | | the prince | | her field like that | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into field=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He was looking for shade for his sheep, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t9:o1:1 # text = He was looking for shade for his sheep, innit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | He | | | | | for shade; for his sheep and innit | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shade=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was lost, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t9:o2:1 # text = He was lost, innit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was chasing a runaway goat, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t9:o3:1 # text = He was chasing a runaway goat, innit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 runaway runaway ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · progressive | He | a runaway goat and innit | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He was hunting for the eagle, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t9:o4:1 # text = He was hunting for the eagle, innit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | past · progressive | He | | | | | for the eagle and innit | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for eagle=Theme | **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. 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