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title: is the Princess's ride like a boat or what? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: is the Princess's ride like a boat or what? Test 9 · ★ 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 of the questio
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans…

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is the Princess's ride like a boat or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ride, Princess · **What happens:** be, ride

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t9:1
# text = is the Princess's ride like a boat or what?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Princess's ride like a boat |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  | like a boat | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent like=obl |

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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}

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a huge golden sledge shaped like a swan and pulled by reindeer over the ice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t9:o1:1
# text = a huge golden sledge shaped like a swan and pulled by reindeer over the ice
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  | a huge golden sledge *not said here* |  |  |  | like a swan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  | the ice |  | by reindeer | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a golden carriage with two horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t9:o2:1
# text = a golden carriage with two horses
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a golden swan sledge pulled by reindeer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t9:o3:1
# text = a golden swan sledge pulled by reindeer
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a golden swan sledge *not said here* |  |  |  | by reindeer | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a great golden swan sledge pulled by six white reindeer across the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t9:o4:1
# text = a great golden swan sledge pulled by six white reindeer across the snow
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a great golden swan sledge *not said here* |  | the snow |  | by six white reindeer | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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