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title: Why'd they put the kid in a wheel chair thing? — Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd they put the kid in a wheel chair thing? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

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Why'd they put the kid in a wheel chair thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** kid, chair thing

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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/1709-pg640-part33/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t5:1
# text = Why'd they put the kid in a wheel chair thing?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | would | they | the kid |  | a chair thing |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kid=Theme in thing=Destination |

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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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Cos his legs are way too weak to walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t5:o1:1
# text = Cos his legs are way too weak to walk
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | his legs |  |  |  |  | cos way | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | his legs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cos the nurse was too old to carry him and the palace floors are full of dust

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t5:o2:1
# text = Cos the nurse was too old to carry him and the palace floors are full of dust
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the nurse |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the nurse *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the palace floors |  |  |  |  | of dust; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the Queen made the King promise he mustn't put his feet on the ground ever

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t5:o3:1
# text = Cos the Queen made the King promise he mustn't put his feet on the ground ever
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | the King promise |  |  |  | cos the Queen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product |
| 2 | **not** **put** | must | he | his feet |  | the ground | ever |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on ground=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos he mustn't put his feet on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t5:o4:1
# text = Cos he mustn't put his feet on the ground
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **put** | must | he | his feet |  | the ground |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on ground=Destination |

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