---
title: Ayo, what was the blood on the tree supposed to mean? — pg641, the prince and his beasts, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayo, what was the blood on the tree supposed to mean? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1757-pg641-part8/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/) / [pg641, the prince and his beasts, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1757-pg641-part8/) / t11

# Test 11 · ★ · pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is ki…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ayo, what was the blood on the tree supposed to mean?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ayo · **What happens:** be, suppose, mean · **To what, where:** blood, tree

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» 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/1757-pg641-part8/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:t11:1
# text = Ayo, what was the blood on the tree supposed to mean?
1	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ayo | the blood |  | the tree |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  | the tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that a brother was hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:t11:o1:1
# text = that a brother was hurt
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | a brother |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that the brothers had all been poisoned by the robbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:t11:o2:1
# text = that the brothers had all been poisoned by the robbers
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past · perfect · passive | the robbers | the brothers |  |  |  | all *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that a brother was dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:t11:o3:1
# text = that a brother was dead
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a brother |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that a sister was hiding somewhere nearby in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:t11:o4:1
# text = that a sister was hiding somewhere nearby in the wood
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | a sister |  |  | the wood |  | nearby, somewhere *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |

<!-- 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: [pg641, the prince and his beasts, part…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1757-pg641-part8/t10/)
- next →: [pg641, the prince and his beasts, part…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1757-pg641-part8/t12/)
- ↑ back to [pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1757-pg641-part8/)