--- title: Sick, what did the princess want? — Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor… · tree and pragmatics description: Sick, what did the princess want? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/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/) / [Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:… Sick, what did the princess want? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, princess · **What happens:** sick, want This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» 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/1672-pg5615-part61/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t9:1 # text = Sick, what did the princess want? 1 Sick sick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past · do-support | the princess | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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} the horn, to blow it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t9:o1:1 # text = the horn, to blow it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | to-infinitive | the horn | it | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the purse, to copy it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t9:o2:1 # text = the purse, to copy it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 copy copy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | to-infinitive | | purse | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the coverlet, to wear it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t9:o3:1 # text = the coverlet, to wear it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | to-infinitive | the coverlet | it | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the purse, to sell it and buy a crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t9:o4:1 # text = the purse, to sell it and buy a crown 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive | the purse | it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | infinitive | the purse *not said here* | a crown | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=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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