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title: yo, did the prince really get the horse to drag a whole haystack jus… — Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the prince really get the horse to drag a whole haystack just by saying wolf? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

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yo, did the prince really get the horse to drag a whole haystack just by saying wolf?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** horse · **What happens:** do, get, drag, say · **To what, where:** prince, horse, whole haystack, wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» 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/1765-pg641-part16/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t1:1
# text = yo, did the prince really get the horse to drag a whole haystack just by saying wolf?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	haystack	haystack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
18	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present |  | the horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drag** | to-infinitive | the horse *not said here* | a whole haystack |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haystack=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the horse *not said here* | wolf |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yep, the word wolf did it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t1:o1:1
# text = yep, the word wolf did it
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the word wolf | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, the horse was tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t1:o2:1
# text = yes, the horse was tired
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yep, the horse dragged the whole stack back to the barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t1:o3:1
# text = yep, the horse dragged the whole stack back to the barn
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stack	stack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past | the horse | the whole stack |  | the barn |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stack=Theme to barn=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he had to shout the word wolf three times over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t1:o4:1
# text = nope, he had to shout the word wolf three times over
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the word wolf |  |  | time | over *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic |

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