--- title: so was the king a talker before? — Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo… · tree and pragmatics description: so was the king a talker before? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/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, A Lac of Rupees fo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1835-pg7128-part19/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p… so was the king a talker before? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** king This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» 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/1835-pg7128-part19/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t13:1 # text = so was the king a talker before? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 talker talker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the king | | | | | tree rules | 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} no, he only started talking after the future Buddha came ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t13:o1:1 # text = no, he only started talking after the future Buddha came 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | he | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | after the future | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | talking | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yes, he never let anyone speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t13:o2:1 # text = yes, he never let anyone speak 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | past | he | anyone | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, he listened to everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t13:o3:1 # text = no, he listened to everyone 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | he | | | | | to everyone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to everyone=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, he talked so much that nobody could ever get a word in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t13:o4:1 # text = yes, he talked so much that nobody could ever get a word in 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | he | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | could | nobody | a word | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | **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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