--- title: Real talk, why did the poor son leave home? — Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, why did the poor son leave home? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/t10/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor fre… Real talk, why did the poor son leave home? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poor son · **What happens:** leave This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» 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/1927-pg7277-part64/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t10:1 # text = Real talk, why did the poor son leave home? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · do-support | the poor son | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} his dad had no food, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t10:o1:1 # text = his dad had no food, fr 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | his dad | no food and fr | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} his mom kicked him out, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t10:o2:1 # text = his mom kicked him out, fr 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mom mom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick out** | past | his mom | him *= he* | | | | fr *obl* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} he wanted to find a better life in a big city far away, fr fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t10:o3:1 # text = he wanted to find a better life in a big city far away, fr fr 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 fr fr ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | fr fr | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fr fr *not said here* | a better life | | a big city | | away *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} his dad couldn't afford him, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t10:o4:1 # text = his dad couldn't afford him, fr 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **afford** | could | his dad | him *= he* | | | | fr *obl* | tree rules | **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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