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title: Dude, why did the king want the cat so bad? — English Fairy Tales, Whittington and H… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, why did the king want the cat so bad? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi…

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Dude, why did the king want the cat so bad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** king, cat

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» 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/1969-pg7439-part28/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:t2:1
# text = Dude, why did the king want the cat so bad?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** | present | Dude | the cat |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted a pet for his daughter who loved cats more than anything in the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:t2:o1:1
# text = He wanted a pet for his daughter who loved cats more than anything in the palace
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a pet |  |  |  | for pet's daughter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pet=Theme |
| 2 | **love** | past | pet's daughter | cats |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her kittens would fetch a lot of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:t2:o2:1
# text = Her kittens would fetch a lot of gold
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | would | Her kittens | a lot of gold |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her kittens would keep the whole country rat-free for ever and ever, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:t2:o3:1
# text = Her kittens would keep the whole country rat-free for ever and ever, innit
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
16	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would | Her kittens | the whole rat free |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her kittens would keep the country rat-free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:t2:o4:1
# text = Her kittens would keep the country rat-free
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would | Her kittens | the country |  |  |  | free *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |

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