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title: lol, why would the king chuck his crown in the sea like that — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol, why would the king chuck his crown in the sea like that Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home…

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lol, why would the king chuck his crown in the sea like that

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chuck · **What happens:** crown · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» 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/2050-pg976-part9/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t2:1
# text = lol, why would the king chuck his crown in the sea like that
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chuck	chuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  | chuck |  |  | the sea |  | like that | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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cause he thought his boy was gone for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t2:o1:1
# text = cause he thought his boy was gone for good
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | cause |  |  |  |  | for good; gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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cause he was so bummed, he figured his son was toast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t2:o2:1
# text = cause he was so bummed, he figured his son was toast
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bummed	bum	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	figured	figure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bum** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **figure** | past | he | cause |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | past | his son | toast |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because he figured the Minotaur ate his son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t2:o3:1
# text = because he figured the Minotaur ate his son
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	figured	figure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Minotaur	Minotaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure** | past | he | the Minotaur |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minotaur=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | past |  | his son |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he was mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t2:o4:1
# text = cause he was mad
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he | cause *not said here* |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |

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