--- title: the king wanted the prince to be a master thief, what's up with that? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: the king wanted the prince to be a master thief, what's up with that? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1635 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest prince pays a murderous host, escapes, and meets the fox again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1635-pg5615-part24/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1635-pg5615-part24/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest… the king wanted the prince to be a master thief, what's up with that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, prince · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** prince, master thief This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1635 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest prince pays a murderous host, escapes, and meets the fox again» 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/1635-pg5615-part24/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t9:1 # text = the king wanted the prince to be a master thief, what's up with that? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the king | the prince | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | | 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | a master thief | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} the prince said yes to every task because the fox told him to, and then he kept doing it even when he didn't want to ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t9:o1:1 # text = the prince said yes to every task because the fox told him to, and then he kept doing it even when he didn't want to 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 26 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | every task | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to task=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **keep** | past | fox | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | gerund | fox *not said here* | task | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | fox | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the prince said yes to stuff to get out of trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t9:o2:1 # text = the prince said yes to stuff to get out of trouble 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stuff stuff VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stuff** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get out** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | trouble | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} the king wanted a thief to steal for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t9:o3:1 # text = the king wanted a thief to steal for him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the king | a thief | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a thief *not said here* | | | | | for king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the prince was forced to steal to pay debts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t9:o4:1 # text = the prince was forced to steal to pay debts 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | past · passive | | the prince | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | debts | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | **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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