---
title: she took the prince and his brand new teeth were like, boom, ivory t… — Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: she took the prince and his brand new teeth were like, boom, ivory teeth Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2073-pg976-part32/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2073-pg976-part32/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she took the prince and his brand new teeth were like, boom, ivory teeth

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, his · **What happens:** take, brand · **To what, where:** prince

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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/2073-pg976-part32/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t9:1
# text = she took the prince and his brand new teeth were like, boom, ivory teeth
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	boom	boom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | she |  | the prince |  |  | ivory teeth *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument prince=Destination |
| 2 | **brand** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom brand «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
the baby grew teeth quicker than others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t9:o1:1
# text = the baby grew teeth quicker than others
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the baby | teeth |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tooth=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the prince lost his baby teeth early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t9:o2:1
# text = the prince lost his baby teeth early
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the prince | prince's baby teeth |  |  |  | early *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the baby got teeth faster than any other baby, so the queen cried with joy

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t9:o3:1
# text = the baby got teeth faster than any other baby, so the queen cried with joy
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the baby | teeth |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the queen |  |  |  |  | with joy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the baby got teeth faster than any other baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t9:o4:1
# text = the baby got teeth faster than any other baby
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the baby | teeth |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2073-pg976-part32/t8/)
- next →: [Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2073-pg976-part32/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2073-pg976-part32/)