--- title: Wait, why did Jenik wish the palace sunk? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why did Jenik wish the palace sunk? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1875-pg7277-part12/t5/) [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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1875-pg7277-part12/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall… Wait, why did Jenik wish the palace sunk? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Jenik · **What happens:** wait, wish · **To what, where:** palace sunk This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» 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/1875-pg7277-part12/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t5:1 # text = Wait, why did Jenik wish the palace sunk? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Jenik Jenik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 sunk sunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wish** | past · do-support | Jenik | the palace sunk | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sunk=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 {#o1} He hated the fairy palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t5:o1:1 # text = He hated the fairy palace 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | He | the fairy palace | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He wanted his wife and the Princess gone so he could live alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t5:o2:1 # text = He wanted his wife and the Princess gone so he could live alone 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 13 alone alone ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | his wife and the Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | participle | | his wife and the Princess *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **live** *not said to happen* | could | he | | | | | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He wanted his wife and the Princess gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t5:o3:1 # text = He wanted his wife and the Princess gone 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | his wife and the Princess | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme | | 2 | **go** | participle | | his wife and the Princess *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wanted his money back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t5:o4:1 # text = He wanted his money back 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want back** | past | He | his money | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=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; 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