--- title: what did Narcissus beg Melinette to do? — Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the… · tree and pragmatics description: what did Narcissus beg Melinette to do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1879-pg7277-part16/t11/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1879-pg7277-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla,… what did Narcissus beg Melinette to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Narcissus · **What happens:** beg, do · **To what, where:** Melinette This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» 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/1879-pg7277-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t11:1 # text = what did Narcissus beg Melinette to do? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Narcissus Narcissus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · do-support | Narcissus | | Melinette | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Narcissus *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} send the Princess dreams of him, please ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = send the Princess dreams of him, please 1 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dreams dream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 please please INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dream** | present | the Princess | | | | | of him *= he* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} take him to the court, please ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = take him to the court, please 1 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 please please INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the court | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to court=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} carry her a message, please ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = carry her a message, please 1 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 please please INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme she=Beneficiary message=Value | ### Option 4 {#o4} bring him food, please ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = bring him food, please 1 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 please please INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | food | him *= he* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination food=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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