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title: Why did Milan and Hyacinthia legg it on his horse at the end? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Milan and Hyacinthia legg it on his horse at the end? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 13 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

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Why did Milan and Hyacinthia legg it on his horse at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** legg · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Milan legg, end

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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/1910-pg7277-part47/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t13:1
# text = Why did Milan and Hyacinthia legg it on his horse at the end?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	legg	legg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | legg | Milan legg |  |  | at the end | on Hyacinthia's horse | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legg=Eventuality |

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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}

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Because the king's soldiers were chasing them across the fields and they needed to get away fast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t13:o1:1
# text = Because the king's soldiers were chasing them across the fields and they needed to get away fast
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past · progressive | the king's soldiers | them *= they* |  | the fields |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme across field=Trajectory |
| 2 | **need** | past | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **get away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To get to King Kojata's country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t13:o2:1
# text = To get to King Kojata's country
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Kojata	Kojata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to King's country *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To find the king's new castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t13:o3:1
# text = To find the king's new castle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the king's new castle |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because Milan suddenly remembered Hyacinthia and wanted to ride to the old man's cottage to thank him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t13:o4:1
# text = Because Milan suddenly remembered Hyacinthia and wanted to ride to the old man's cottage to thank him
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	thank	thank	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | past | Milan | Hyacinthia |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hyacinthia=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | Milan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **ride** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Milan *not said here* |  |  | the old man's cottage |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to cottage=Trajectory |
| 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | Milan *not said here* |  | Hyacinthia |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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