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title: Who's the king in the next tale, the one with the fish? — Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's the king in the next tale, the one with the fish? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 13 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who's the king in the next tale, the one with the fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** king, next tale

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» 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/1882-pg7277-part19/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t13:1
# text = Who's the king in the next tale, the one with the fish?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the king and the one with the fish |  | the next tale |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Featherhead's uncle, who went fishing once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t13:o1:1
# text = Featherhead's uncle, who went fishing once
1	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Featherhead's uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fish** | gerund | Featherhead's uncle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king on the run from the army of Bruin, who invaded

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t13:o2:1
# text = King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king on the run from the army of Bruin, who invaded
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	invaded	invade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invade** | past | a fishing king on the run from the army of Bruin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king who had been driven out of his land by Bruin's army

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t13:o3:1
# text = King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king who had been driven out of his land by Bruin's army
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive out** | past · perfect · passive | Bruin's army | a fishing king |  | king's land |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme land=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king on the run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t13:o4:1
# text = King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king on the run
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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