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title: Mate, how did the Prince of the Air actually nab Rosalie, innit? — Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how did the Prince of the Air actually nab Rosalie, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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 w
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

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Mate, how did the Prince of the Air actually nab Rosalie, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** nab, innit · **To what, where:** Rosalie

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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/1696-pg640-part20/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t1:1
# text = Mate, how did the Prince of the Air actually nab Rosalie, innit?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	nab	nab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
12	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | past · do-support | the Prince of the Air | Rosalie |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rosalie=Patient |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the Prince of the Air *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Snatched her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t1:o1:1
# text = Snatched her
1	Snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sent spirits to grab her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t1:o2:1
# text = He sent spirits to grab her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | spirits |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kidnapped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t1:o3:1
# text = Kidnapped
1	Kidnapped	kidnap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kidnap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He had his spirits carry her off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:t1:o4:1
# text = He had his spirits carry her off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry off** | past | his spirits | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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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