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title: Was the king's court-house like a proper courtroom, bro? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the king's court-house like a proper courtroom, bro? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» 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 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins he…

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Was the king's court-house like a proper courtroom, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** court house

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» 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/1820-pg7128-part4/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:t12:1
# text = Was the king's court-house like a proper courtroom, bro?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	courtroom	courtroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the king's court house |  |  |  | like a proper courtroom and bro | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he sat there to hear people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:t12:o1:1
# text = yeah, he sat there to hear people
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he sat there to hear people's complaints each morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:t12:o2:1
# text = yeah, he sat there to hear people's complaints each morning
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	complaints	complaint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | there | morning |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | people's complaints |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer complaint=Stimulus |
| 3 | **complain** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he sat there to hear people and to punish thieves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:t12:o3:1
# text = yeah, he sat there to hear people and to punish thieves
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 3 | **punish** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | thieves |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he judged the disputes there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, he judged the disputes there
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	judged	judge	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	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | past | he | the disputes |  | there |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent dispute=Value |

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