--- title: What did the courtiers reckon about the king's trip? — Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: th… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the courtiers reckon about the king's trip? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1660 «Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in the forest and made to carry a bundle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1660-pg5615-part49/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/) / [Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1660-pg5615-part49/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in… What did the courtiers reckon about the king's trip? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** courtiers, king · **What happens:** do, reckon, trip This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1660 «Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in the forest and made to carry a bundle» 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/1660-pg5615-part49/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1660-pg5615-part49:t9:1 # text = What did the courtiers reckon about the king's trip? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reckon** | present | the courtiers | | | | | about the king's trip | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **trip** | | the king | | | | | | nom trip «act 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} They thought it was daft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1660-pg5615-part49:t9:o1:1 # text = They thought it was daft 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 daft daft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | daft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They reckoned it was mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1660-pg5615-part49:t9:o2:1 # text = They reckoned it was mad 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They thought it was a right laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1660-pg5615-part49:t9:o3:1 # text = They thought it was a right laugh 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a right laugh | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They reckoned it was a right laugh, the king getting lost and losing his sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1660-pg5615-part49:t9:o4:1 # text = They reckoned it was a right laugh, the king getting lost and losing his sword 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a right laugh | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **lose** | participle | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lose** | gerund | the king *not said here* | king's sword | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality | **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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