--- title: so the new story starts with a Princess, what's she like? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: so the new story starts with a Princess, what's she like? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/t8/) [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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans… so the new story starts with a Princess, what's she like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new story, story · **What happens:** start, be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» 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/2038-pg902-part8/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t8:1 # text = so the new story starts with a Princess, what's she like? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | the new story | | | | | with a Princess | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with princess=Subeventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | story | | | | | like *property* | 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 {#o1} pale as snow, like a white rose, with golden hair and a sad face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t8:o1:1 # text = pale as snow, like a white rose, with golden hair and a sad face 1 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} she is the most beautiful Princess in all the lands of the North, very pale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t8:o2:1 # text = she is the most beautiful Princess in all the lands of the North, very pale 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | she | the beautiful Princess | | all lands of the North | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | she *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} she's pretty and has long hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t8:o3:1 # text = she's pretty and has long hair 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | she | | | | | pretty *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | she *not said here* | long hair | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} pale as snow, like a white rose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t8:o4:1 # text = pale as snow, like a white rose 1 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 case _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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