--- title: Yo, what was his excuse for going in there? — Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen'… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what was his excuse for going in there? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1721 «Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45: the Prince serves the Mother Dragon and calls three animal kings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1721-pg640-part45/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 (pg640), The Flower Queen'…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1721-pg640-part45/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45:… Yo, what was his excuse for going in there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** excuse · **What happens:** be, go in · **To what, where:** excuse This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1721 «Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45: the Prince serves the Mother Dragon and calls three animal kings» 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/1721-pg640-part45/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:t7:1 # text = Yo, what was his excuse for going in there? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | his excuse | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go in** | gerund | his excuse *not said here* | | | there | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Wanting to see her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:t7:o1:1 # text = Wanting to see her 1 Wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | gerund | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He said he was really just wanting to serve her, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:t7:o2:1 # text = He said he was really just wanting to serve her, bro 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **serve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wanting to serve her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:t7:o3:1 # text = Wanting to serve her 1 Wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | gerund | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **serve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Honestly just wanting to serve her, no cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:t7:o4:1 # text = Honestly just wanting to serve her, no cap 1 Honestly honestly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | gerund | | no cap | | | | honestly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **serve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no cap *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | **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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