--- title: Did the prince listen to his mate, or did he just go along with it? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the prince listen to his mate, or did he just go along with it? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1852-pg7128-part36/t7/) [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 Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1852-pg7128-part36/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part… Did the prince listen to his mate, or did he just go along with it? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** listen, do, go along This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» 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/1852-pg7128-part36/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t7:1 # text = Did the prince listen to his mate, or did he just go along with it? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 along along ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past · do-support | the prince | | | | | to prince's mate | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to mate=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go along** | present | prince | | | | | with mate; along *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | 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 {#o1} He listened, but he went his own way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t7:o1:1 # text = He listened, but he went his own way 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | He | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | he | his own way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was knackered, so he said, "Very well" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t7:o2:1 # text = He was knackered, so he said, "Very well" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 knackered knacker VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knacker** | past · passive | | He | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He argued, but then he just agreed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t7:o3:1 # text = He argued, but then he just agreed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | He | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | he | | | | then | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He just went along, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t7:o4:1 # text = He just went along, mate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go along** | past | He | mate | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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