--- title: Why did the Prince go off on his travels? — Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the Prince go off on his travels? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1701 «Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an eagle, steals a Princess and hides her in a magic palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1701-pg640-part25/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1701-pg640-part25/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an… Why did the Prince go off on his travels? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** go off, travel This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1701 «Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an eagle, steals a Princess and hides her in a magic palace» 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/1701-pg640-part25/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:t7:1 # text = Why did the Prince go off on his travels? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past · do-support | the Prince | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **travel** | present | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} to find a wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:t7:o1:1 # text = to find a wife 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | to-infinitive | | a wife | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} his father sent him to learn trades ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:t7:o2:1 # text = his father sent him to learn trades 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 trades trade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | his father | him *= he* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | his father *not said here* | trades | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the King was worried about his charms and wanted him far away from the court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:t7:o3:1 # text = the King was worried about his charms and wanted him far away from the court 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | about King's charms; worried *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | the King *not said here* | King | | | | away *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the King was worried about his charms ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:t7:o4:1 # text = the King was worried about his charms 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | about King's charms; worried *property* | tree rules | **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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