--- title: Bruv, why did the king end up putting his crown on the scales? — Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, why did the king end up putting his crown on the scales? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1642-pg5615-part31/t1/) [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/) / [Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1642-pg5615-part31/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the K… Bruv, why did the king end up putting his crown on the scales? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, end up, put, crown · **To what, where:** crown, scales This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» 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/1642-pg5615-part31/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t1:1 # text = Bruv, why did the king end up putting his crown on the scales? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 xcomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **end up** | present | the king | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | gerund | the king *not said here* | king's crown | | the scales | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme on scale=Destination | | 4 | **crown** | | king | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Since gold was not enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t1:o1:1 # text = Since gold was not enough 1 Since since ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | since gold | enough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because the scale still tipped down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t1:o2:1 # text = Because the scale still tipped down 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 scale scale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tipped tip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tip down** | participle · passive | | the scale | | | still | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Because the silk still outweighed all his gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t1:o3:1 # text = Because the silk still outweighed all his gold 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 outweighed outweigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outweigh** | past | the silk | silk's gold | | | still | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Because the king was too proud to quit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t1:o4:1 # text = Because the king was too proud to quit 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 quit quit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **quit** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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