--- title: Is the Ambassador dead sure of himself, or what? — Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the Ambassador dead sure of himself, or what? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/t9/) [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/) / [Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M… Is the Ambassador dead sure of himself, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ambassador · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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/1891-pg7277-part28/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t9:1 # text = Is the Ambassador dead sure of himself, or what? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ambassador | | | | | of Ambassador; sure *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, he reckons he's a fool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, he reckons he's a fool 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | he | a fool | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he's dead proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, he's dead proud 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, he reckons nobody can beat him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, he reckons nobody can beat him 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | can | nobody | him *= he* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, he reckons he's beaten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, he reckons he's beaten 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | present · passive | | he | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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