--- title: How did the emperor end up as a pile of cinders? — Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the emperor end up as a pile of cinders? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1809-pg641-part60/t7/) [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/) / [Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1809-pg641-part60/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the… How did the emperor end up as a pile of cinders? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** emperor · **What happens:** do, end up · **To what, where:** emperor This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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/1809-pg641-part60/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t7:1 # text = How did the emperor end up as a pile of cinders? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cinders cinder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the emperor | | | | as a pile of cinders | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Eventuality | | 2 | **end up** | present | the emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 {#o1} the nun cast a spell on him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t7:o1:1 # text = the nun cast a spell on him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nun nun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | past | the nun | a spell | | | | on him *= he* | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on he=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the horse blew a fiery wind on him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t7:o2:1 # text = the horse blew a fiery wind on him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | past | the horse | a fiery wind | | | | on him *= he* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wind=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the emperor's own guards set fire to his palace while he slept in the tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t7:o3:1 # text = the emperor's own guards set fire to his palace while he slept in the tower 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | the emperor's own guards | fire | | | | to his palace | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result | | 2 | **sleep** | past | he | | | the tower | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} the horse kicked him in the head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t7:o4:1 # text = the horse kicked him in the head 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | the horse | him *= he* | | the head | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in head=Location | **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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