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title: what's Prince Gnome moaning about, then? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's Prince Gnome moaning about, then? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1698 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the Prince escapes the giant, then Rosalie is snatched back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 13 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the…

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what's Prince Gnome moaning about, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince Gnome · **What happens:** moan

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1698 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the Prince escapes the giant, then Rosalie is snatched back» 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/1698-pg640-part22/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t13:1
# text = what's Prince Gnome moaning about, then?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Gnome	Gnome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | present · progressive | Prince Gnome |  |  |  | then | about *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He loves Argentine, but she loves another man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t13:o1:1
# text = He loves Argentine, but she loves another man
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Argentine	Argentine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | He | Argentine |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer argentine=Stimulus |
| 2 | **love** | present | Argentine | another man |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He loves Argentine so much that he cannot sleep and she has rejected him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t13:o2:1
# text = He loves Argentine so much that he cannot sleep and she has rejected him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Argentine	Argentine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | He | Argentine |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer argentine=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **sleep** | can | Argentine |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reject** | present · perfect | she | Argentine |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He loves Argentine but she is far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t13:o3:1
# text = He loves Argentine but she is far
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Argentine	Argentine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | He | Argentine |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer argentine=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** | present | Argentine |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He fancies Argentine, but she likes someone else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t13:o4:1
# text = He fancies Argentine, but she likes someone else
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fancies	fancy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Argentine	Argentine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | present | He | Argentine |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer argentine=Stimulus |
| 2 | **like** | present | Argentine | someone |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme |

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