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title: lol the vizier's son hurried home, why tho — Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the vizier's son hurried home, why tho Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol the vizier's son hurried home, why tho

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** son · **What happens:** hurry

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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/1850-pg7128-part34/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t9:1
# text = lol the vizier's son hurried home, why tho
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
10	tho	tho	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | past | the vizier's son |  |  |  |  | home, tho *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to save his dad from a dumb unfair death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t9:o1:1
# text = to save his dad from a dumb unfair death
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | his dad |  | a dumb unfair death |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dad=Theme from death=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to save his dad from an unfair death that the king had decided on after a false rumour spread

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t9:o2:1
# text = to save his dad from an unfair death that the king had decided on after a false rumour spread
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	spread	spread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | his dad |  | a unfair death |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dad=Theme from death=Source |
| 2 | **decide on** | past · perfect | the king |  |  |  | after a false rumour spread |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because he had to rescue his father from a cruel execution that would happen at dawn in the square

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t9:o3:1
# text = because he had to rescue his father from a cruel execution that would happen at dawn in the square
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | his father |  | a cruel execution |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent father=Theme from execution=Source |
| 3 | **happen** | would | a cruel execution |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to warn his mother of a wicked plot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t9:o4:1
# text = to warn his mother of a wicked plot
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  | his mother of a wicked plot |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient |

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