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title: Proper, what happens to the king at the mountain pass? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper, what happens to the king at the mountain pass? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is take…

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Proper, what happens to the king at the mountain pass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mountain · **What happens:** happen, pass

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» 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/1761-pg641-part12/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t11:1
# text = Proper, what happens to the king at the mountain pass?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the king; properly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | infinitive | mountain |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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he is captured there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t11:o1:1
# text = he is captured there
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | present · passive |  | he |  | there |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he is wounded badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t11:o2:1
# text = he is wounded badly
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	wounded	wound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | present · passive |  | he |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he falls into a trap and is taken to the dungeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t11:o3:1
# text = he falls into a trap and is taken to the dungeon
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | he |  |  |  |  | into a trap *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into trap=Result |
| 2 | **take** | present · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the dungeon *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: to dungeon=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he gets taken prisoner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t11:o4:1
# text = he gets taken prisoner
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |

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