--- title: W or L, why did Mark want Vassili? — Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonde… · tree and pragmatics description: W or L, why did Mark want Vassili? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1754 «Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1754-pg641-part5/t12/) [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/) / [Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1754-pg641-part5/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5… W or L, why did Mark want Vassili? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** W · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** Vassili This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1754 «Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby» 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/1754-pg641-part5/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:t12:1 # text = W or L, why did Mark want Vassili? 1 W w NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 L l NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 Vassili Vassili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | W or L | Vassili | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vassili=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} to be his clerk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:t12:o1:1 # text = to be his clerk 1 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | his clerk | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} to fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:t12:o2:1 # text = to fight 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fight fight VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} to be his guard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:t12:o3:1 # text = to be his guard 1 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | his guard | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to be his overseer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:t12:o4:1 # text = to be his overseer 1 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | his overseer | | | | | 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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