--- title: Ah, how long did the princess make the prince wait, like? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, how long did the princess make the prince wait, like? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/t13/) [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 Charmed Ring,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is… Ah, how long did the princess make the prince wait, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** make, wait · **To what, where:** prince This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» 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/1834-pg7128-part18/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t13:1 # text = Ah, how long did the princess make the prince wait, like? 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · do-support | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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} two months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t13:o1:1 # text = two months 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} three whole months, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t13:o2:1 # text = three whole months, I think 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | month | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} until the next harvest had passed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t13:o3:1 # text = until the next harvest had passed 1 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | the next harvest | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} one month ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t13:o4:1 # text = one month 1 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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