--- title: wait, what did the Iron King have to swear? — Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the Iron King have to swear? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1662-pg5615-part51/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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1662-pg5615-part51/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es… wait, what did the Iron King have to swear? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Iron King · **What happens:** wait, have, swear This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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/1662-pg5615-part51/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t9:1 # text = wait, what did the Iron King have to swear? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past · do-support | the Iron King | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **swear** | to-infinitive | the Iron King *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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 {#o1} To guard the royal gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t9:o1:1 # text = To guard the royal gate 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 guard guard VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | to-infinitive | | the royal gate | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} To treat all of King Souci's sheep with great kindness and care forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t9:o2:1 # text = To treat all of King Souci's sheep with great kindness and care forever 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 treat treat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Souci Souci PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **treat** | to-infinitive | | all | | | | with great kindness and care; forever *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent all=Recipient with kindness=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To treat the sheep kindly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t9:o3:1 # text = To treat the sheep kindly 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 treat treat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **treat** | to-infinitive | | | the sheep | | | kindly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheep=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To never harm the sheep and always feed them well every single day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t9:o4:1 # text = To never harm the sheep and always feed them well every single day 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 harm harm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 12 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **harm** | to-infinitive | | the sheep | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sheep=Experiencer | | 2 | **feed** | infinitive | | sheep | | | day | always, well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | **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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