---
title: Oi, where's the Prince riding off to at midnight? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, where's the Prince riding off to at midnight? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/t11/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/) / t11

# Test 11 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oi, where's the Prince riding off to at midnight?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** ride off

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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/1722-pg640-part46/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t11:1
# text = Oi, where's the Prince riding off to at midnight?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride off** | present · progressive | Oi |  |  |  | midnight |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get the Flower Queen's daughter back from the dragons in the underground palace

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t11:o1:1
# text = To get the Flower Queen's daughter back from the dragons in the underground palace
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Flower	Flower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	underground	underground	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the Flower Queen's daughter |  | the underground palace |  | from the dragons | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme from dragon=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get the Flower Queen's daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t11:o2:1
# text = To get the Flower Queen's daughter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Flower	Flower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the Flower Queen's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To find the Flower Queen and ask her to let her daughter live with him all year

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t11:o3:1
# text = To find the Flower Queen and ask her to let her daughter live with him all year
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Flower	Flower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the Flower Queen |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | daughter | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient daughter=Theme |
| 4 | **live** | present |  |  |  |  | year | with him *= he* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get the King's daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t11:o4:1
# text = To get the King's daughter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the King's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/t10/)
- next →: [Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/t12/)
- ↑ back to [Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1722-pg640-part46/)