--- title: Oi, how did the princes even end up out at sea? — Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Oi, how did the princes even end up out at sea? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin… Oi, how did the princes even end up out at sea? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, princes · **What happens:** do, end up · **To what, where:** sea This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» 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/1653-pg5615-part42/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t1:1 # text = Oi, how did the princes even end up out at sea? 1 Oi oi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Oi | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **end up** | present | the princes | | | sea | | out *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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} they rowed out in a storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t1:o1:1 # text = they rowed out in a storm 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rowed row VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **row out** | past | they | | | a storm | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} a sudden gale caught them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t1:o2:1 # text = a sudden gale caught them 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gale gale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | a sudden gale | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} a witch had sent a magic wind to drive them away from land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t1:o3:1 # text = a witch had sent a magic wind to drive them away from land 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | a witch | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination wind=Theme | | 2 | **drive away** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | land | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from land=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} they went out to sea to hunt for pearls and treasure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t1:o4:1 # text = they went out to sea to hunt for pearls and treasure 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | they | | | | | to sea; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | for pearls and treasure | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for pearl=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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