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title: Why was the young king having a massive party, mate? — Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the young king having a massive party, mate? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the sw…

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Why was the young king having a massive party, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young king · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** massive party

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» 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/1768-pg641-part19/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t10:1
# text = Why was the young king having a massive party, mate?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the young king |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | the young king *not said here* | a massive party and mate |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |

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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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To pick himself a wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = To pick himself a wife
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | to-infinitive |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary wife=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To gather his lords together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = To gather his lords together
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gather	gather	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	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | to-infinitive |  | his lords |  |  |  | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To thank every lord and knight who had fought bravely in the long war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = To thank every lord and knight who had fought bravely in the long war
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	thank	thank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fought	fight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	bravely	bravely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive |  |  | every lord and knight |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | past · perfect | every lord and knight |  |  | the long war |  | bravely *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To honour his late father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = To honour his late father
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	honour	honour	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	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | to-infinitive |  | his late father |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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.

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