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title: Why'd the Prince not just let the dove go, bruv? — Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the Prince not just let the dove go, bruv? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

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Why'd the Prince not just let the dove go, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince, dove · **What happens:** not let, go · **To what, where:** dove, bruv

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» 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/1711-pg640-part35/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t3:1
# text = Why'd the Prince not just let the dove go, bruv?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | would | the Prince | the dove |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | the dove *not said here* | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cause the black girl told him not to, simple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t3:o1:1
# text = Cause the black girl told him not to, simple
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the black girl |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cause the black girl told him not to, simple, he wasn't going to disobey her

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t3:o2:1
# text = Cause the black girl told him not to, simple, he wasn't going to disobey her
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	disobey	disobey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the black girl |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **go** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **disobey** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the dove was the Fairy's spy and he knew it all along from the start

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t3:o3:1
# text = Cause the dove was the Fairy's spy and he knew it all along from the start
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	along	along	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the dove | the Fairy's spy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | past | Fairy | dove |  | the start |  | along *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the King ordered him, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t3:o4:1
# text = Cause the King ordered him, bruv
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **order** | past | the King |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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