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title: mate, why did Mannikin bother saving some of the dust? — Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate, why did Mannikin bother saving some of the dust? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…

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mate, why did Mannikin bother saving some of the dust?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mannikin · **What happens:** bother, save · **To what, where:** some

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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/1889-pg7277-part26/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t3:1
# text = mate, why did Mannikin bother saving some of the dust?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	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	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | past · do-support | Mannikin |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | gerund | Mannikin *not said here* | some |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos it might come in handy one day if the sailors got into trouble again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t3:o1:1
# text = cos it might come in handy one day if the sailors got into trouble again
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	handy	handy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come in** | might | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the sailors |  |  | trouble | again |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he thought it would make a lovely present for the King later on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t3:o2:1
# text = cos he thought it would make a lovely present for the King later on
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | would | it | a lovely present |  |  |  | for the King; late *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent present=Product for king=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos it might come in handy one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t3:o3:1
# text = cos it might come in handy one day
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	handy	handy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come in** | might | it |  |  |  | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he wanted to sell it later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t3:o4:1
# text = cos he wanted to sell it later
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | cos *not said here* | it |  |  |  | late *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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