--- title: did the emperor say he'd chop her head off or what, proper serious? — pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princ… · tree and pragmatics description: did the emperor say he'd chop her head off or what, proper serious? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1807 «pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap, is sent off with Sunlight, and sails to find Iliane» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1807-pg641-part58/t8/) [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/) / [pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1807-pg641-part58/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap,… did the emperor say he'd chop her head off or what, proper serious? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** emperor · **What happens:** say, chop off · **To what, where:** head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1807 «pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap, is sent off with Sunlight, and sails to find Iliane» 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/1807-pg641-part58/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:t8:1 # text = did the emperor say he'd chop her head off or what, proper serious? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **chop off** | would | emperor | her head | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | 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} Yeah, he'd chop her head off and feed it to the dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he'd chop her head off and feed it to the dogs 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | would | he | her head | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **feed** | infinitive | he *not said here* | head | the dogs | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dog=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he'd send her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:t8:o2:1 # text = Nah, he'd send her away 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | would | he | her *= she* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he'd cut off her head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he'd cut off her head 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past · perfect | he | her head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he'd exile her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:t8:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he'd exile her 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 exile exile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exile** | would | he | her *= she* | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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