--- title: Innit, how did the stepmum get the emperor off to war? — Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden,… · tree and pragmatics description: Innit, how did the stepmum get the emperor off to war? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1802 «Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1802-pg641-part53/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/) / [Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1802-pg641-part53/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks… Innit, how did the stepmum get the emperor off to war? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Innit, stepmum · **What happens:** do, get off · **To what, where:** emperor This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1802 «Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes» 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/1802-pg641-part53/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:t2:1 # text = Innit, how did the stepmum get the emperor off to war? 1 Innit Innit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stepmum stepmum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Innit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get off** | present | the stepmum | the emperor | | | | to war | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | 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} She sent her brother to war ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:t2:o1:1 # text = She sent her brother to war 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | She | her brother | | war | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brother=Theme to war=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} She talked her brother into declaring war after a massive row ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:t2:o2:1 # text = She talked her brother into declaring war after a massive row 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | She | her brother | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* | war | | | after a massive row | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She got her brother to declare war ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:t2:o3:1 # text = She got her brother to declare war 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | She | her brother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | her brother *not said here* | war | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} She got the army to riot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:t2:o4:1 # text = She got the army to riot 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 riot riot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | She | the army | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **riot** | to-infinitive | the army *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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