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title: Why did Cinderlad sneak a flask out of the church? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Cinderlad sneak a flask out of the church? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…

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Why did Cinderlad sneak a flask out of the church?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cinderlad · **What happens:** sneak · **To what, where:** flask, church

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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/1582-pg540-part79/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t12:1
# text = Why did Cinderlad sneak a flask out of the church?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Cinderlad	Cinderlad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** | past · do-support | Cinderlad | a flask |  | the church |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent flask=Theme out church=Trajectory |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To show the King what the foals drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t12:o1:1
# text = To show the King what the foals drink
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | the King |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drink** | present | the foals |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To keep the bread fresh for the wedding and prove the foals had been to church

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t12:o2:1
# text = To keep the bread fresh for the wedding and prove the foals had been to church
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	prove	prove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the bread |  |  |  | for the wedding; fresh *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past · perfect | the foals |  |  |  |  | to church | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To prove to the King that the foals were really cursed princes under a Troll's spell

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t12:o3:1
# text = To prove to the King that the foals were really cursed princes under a Troll's spell
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prove	prove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive |  | cursed princes |  | a Troll's spell |  | to the King | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
| 2 | **curse** | past · passive |  | the foals |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **spell** |  | a Troll |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To show the King where the foals sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t12:o4:1
# text = To show the King where the foals sleep
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | the King |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | the foals |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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