--- title: Wait, the handkerchief thing, did the prince fail it, bruv? — Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the handkerchief thing, did the prince fail it, bruv? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 256 «Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/256-pg14241-part23/t7/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/256-pg14241-part23/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23:… Wait, the handkerchief thing, did the prince fail it, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, handkerchief thing · **What happens:** wait, do, fail · **To what, where:** prince, it This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 256 «Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test» 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/256-pg14241-part23/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:t7:1 # text = Wait, the handkerchief thing, did the prince fail it, bruv? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | the handkerchief thing *not said here* | the prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | | 3 | **fail** | present | the handkerchief thing | it | | | | bruv *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} Nah, he passed, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:t7:o1:1 # text = Nah, he passed, lol 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | he | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he stumbled a bit, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:t7:o2:1 # text = Nah, he stumbled a bit, bruv 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stumbled stumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stumble** | past | he | a bit | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location bit=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he danced on it, no probs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:t7:o3:1 # text = Nah, he danced on it, no probs 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 probs prob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past | he | no probs | | it | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he tripped on it, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:t7:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he tripped on it, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tripped trip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trip** | past | he | | | it | | mate *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | **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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