--- title: Ay, what did the prince's dad want him to do before he died? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furr… · tree and pragmatics description: Ay, what did the prince's dad want him to do before he died? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1924 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furred Creature: the ring, the reel and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1924-pg7277-part61/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/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1924-pg7277-part61/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furred Creature: the rin… Ay, what did the prince's dad want him to do before he died? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, him · **What happens:** do, want, die · **To what, where:** him This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1924 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furred Creature: the ring, the reel and the wedding» 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/1924-pg7277-part61/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1924-pg7277-part61:t12:1 # text = Ay, what did the prince's dad want him to do before he died? 1 Ay ay INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **want** | present | the prince's dad | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **die** | past | dad | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} marry the King's daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1924-pg7277-part61:t12:o1:1 # text = marry the King's daughter 1 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the King's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} marry the neighbour's daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1924-pg7277-part61:t12:o2:1 # text = marry the neighbour's daughter 1 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the neighbour's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} marry the neighbour's daughter and rule both lands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1924-pg7277-part61:t12:o3:1 # text = marry the neighbour's daughter and rule both lands 1 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 rule rule VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the neighbour's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **rule** | infinitive | you *not said here* | both lands | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} wed a princess from the north ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1924-pg7277-part61:t12:o4:1 # text = wed a princess from the north 1 wed wed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wed** | imperative | you *not said here* | a princess | | the north | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | **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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