--- title: Did Balna's husband ever come back, like? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princess… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Balna's husband ever come back, like? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1822-pg7128-part6/t11/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princess…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1822-pg7128-part6/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pome… Did Balna's husband ever come back, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** come back This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» 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/1822-pg7128-part6/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t11:1 # text = Did Balna's husband ever come back, like? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 2 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past · do-support | Balna's husband | | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 came back to the jungle to look for her one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he came back to the jungle to look for her one day 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | he | | | the jungle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to jungle=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | day | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he went off to fight in a distant war and never returned to her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t11:o2:1 # text = Nah, he went off to fight in a distant war and never returned to her 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | a distant war | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **return** | past | he *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he came back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he came back 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, he never came back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, he never came back 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 _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come back** | past | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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