--- title: Bro, why did the emperor pull his sword on the poor guy? — Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why did the emperor pull his sword on the poor guy? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1759-pg641-part10/t2/) [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 Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1759-pg641-part10/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part… Bro, why did the emperor pull his sword on the poor guy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** emperor · **What happens:** pull · **To what, where:** sword, poor guy This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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/1759-pg641-part10/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t2:1 # text = Bro, why did the emperor pull his sword on the poor guy? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past · do-support | the emperor | emperor's sword | | the poor guy | | Bro *vocative* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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 make him confess his plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t2:o1:1 # text = To make him confess his plan 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **confess** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his plan | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic | | 3 | **plan** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} To scare him into spilling everything he knew about the apples ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t2:o2:1 # text = To scare him into spilling everything he knew about the apples 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 scare scare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 spilling spill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **spill** | gerund | | everything | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme | | 3 | **know** | past | he | | | | | about the apples | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about apple=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} To test his courage quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t2:o3:1 # text = To test his courage quickly 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 test test VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | to-infinitive | | his courage | | | | quickly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To scare him into spilling everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t2:o4:1 # text = To scare him into spilling everything 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 scare scare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 spilling spill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **spill** | gerund | | everything | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme | **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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