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title: Mate, why was the King's whole plan so sneaky? — Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why was the King's whole plan so sneaky? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 7 · ★ · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…

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Mate, why was the King's whole plan so sneaky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** whole plan

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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/1693-pg640-part17/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t7:1
# text = Mate, why was the King's whole plan so sneaky?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the King's whole plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the brothers wanted Ferko to be hung on the gallows so they could steal his land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t7:o1:1
# text = the brothers wanted Ferko to be hung on the gallows so they could steal his land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the brothers | Ferko |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Ferko *not said here* |  |  | the gallows |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: on gallows=Location |
| 3 | **steal** | could | brothers *= brother* | Ferko's land |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location land=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the King wanted the brothers to take all the gold and Ferko to leave the country forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t7:o2:1
# text = the King wanted the brothers to take all the gold and Ferko to leave the country forever
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King | the brothers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | all gold and Ferko |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | the country |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the brothers wanted Ferko to fail the palace task

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t7:o3:1
# text = the brothers wanted Ferko to fail the palace task
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the brothers | Ferko |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fail** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | the palace task |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the King wanted the palace built by his men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t7:o4:1
# text = the King wanted the palace built by his men
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot palace=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  | the palace *not said here* |  |  |  | by King's men | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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