--- title: Did Saphir have a plan or did he just wing it? — The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Saphir have a plan or did he just wing it? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1689-pg640-part13/t7/) [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/) / [The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1689-pg640-part13/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prin… Did Saphir have a plan or did he just wing it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Saphir · **What happens:** have, do · **To what, where:** plan This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» 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/1689-pg640-part13/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t7:1 # text = Did Saphir have a plan or did he just wing it? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Saphir Saphir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · do-support | Saphir | a plan | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | | 2 | **do** | past | Saphir | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He just trusted to chance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t7:o1:1 # text = He just trusted to chance 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past | He | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He had a careful plan, though he left most of it to his trusty guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t7:o2:1 # text = He had a careful plan, though he left most of it to his trusty guards 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | a careful plan | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | he | most of plan | his trusty guards | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent most=Theme to guard=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He followed the bird's trail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t7:o3:1 # text = He followed the bird's trail 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 followed follow 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 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | He | the bird's trail | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He simply hoped for luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t7:o4:1 # text = He simply hoped for luck 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 simply simply ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | He | | | | | for luck; simply *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for luck=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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