--- title: Wait, the Emperor was gonna chop his head off, wasn't he? — Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the Emperor was gonna chop his head off, wasn't he? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1934-pg7277-part71/t5/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1934-pg7277-part71/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fail… Wait, the Emperor was gonna chop his head off, wasn't he? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Emperor · **What happens:** wait, be, not be · **To what, where:** he This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» 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/1934-pg7277-part71/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t5:1 # text = Wait, the Emperor was gonna chop his head off, wasn't he? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 7 dep _ _ 7 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the Emperor | | | | | chop *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | | he | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, beheading the next day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t5:o1:1 # text = Yeah, beheading the next day 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 beheading behead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behead** | gerund | | | | | day | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, just prison ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t5:o2:1 # text = Nah, just prison 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, hanging him at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t5:o3:1 # text = Yeah, hanging him at dawn 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | dawn | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, chopping him up tomorrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t5:o4:1 # text = Yeah, chopping him up tomorrow 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop up** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | tomorrow | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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