--- title: Mate, how'd he free the crew from the wood? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, how'd he free the crew from the wood? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1888-pg7277-part25/t12/) [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 Mannikin, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1888-pg7277-part25/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince… Mate, how'd he free the crew from the wood? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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/1888-pg7277-part25/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t12:1 # text = Mate, how'd he free the crew from the wood? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Using a sharp spear from the boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t12:o1:1 # text = Using a sharp spear from the boat 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | a sharp spear | | the boat | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} With his sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t12:o2:1 # text = With his sword 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} With the point of one of his arrows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t12:o3:1 # text = With the point of one of his arrows 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} By cutting them with his knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t12:o4:1 # text = By cutting them with his knife 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with his knife | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with knife=Instrument | **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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