--- title: Why did the princes keep quiet for ages? — Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the princes keep quiet for ages? Test 11 · ★ 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 and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1653-pg5615-part42/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin… Why did the princes keep quiet for ages? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princes · **What happens:** keep This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t11:1 # text = Why did the princes keep quiet for ages? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the princes | | | | for ages | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} they had forgotten the oath ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t11:o1:1 # text = they had forgotten the oath 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past · perfect | they | the oath | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} they hoped the witch would forget the oath and leave them alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t11:o2:1 # text = they hoped the witch would forget the oath and leave them alone 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | they | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | would | the witch | the oath | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | infinitive | the witch *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they never mentioned the promise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t11:o3:1 # text = they never mentioned the promise 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 mentioned mention VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | past | they | the promise | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent promise=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} they feared their father would learn of the bargain and punish them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:t11:o4:1 # text = they feared their father would learn of the bargain and punish them all 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | they | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **learn** | would | their father | | | | | of the bargain | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of bargain=Topic | | 3 | **punish** | infinitive | their father *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | **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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