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title: okay, what did the king see in the night? — Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfr… · tree and pragmatics
description: okay, what did the king see in the night? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
okay, what did the king see in the night?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** see

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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/341-pg18442-part1/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t7:1
# text = okay, what did the king see in the night?
1	okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | the king |  |  |  | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bright light like the sun that was super wild and filled the whole island with glowing gold

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t7:o1:1
# text = a bright light like the sun that was super wild and filled the whole island with glowing gold
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	super	super	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	amod	_	_
18	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a bright light like the sun |  |  |  |  | super, wild *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | past | a bright light like the sun *not said here* | the whole island |  |  |  | with glowing gold | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent island=Patient with gold=Instrument |
| 3 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bright star over the hill, super wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t7:o2:1
# text = a bright star over the hill, super wild
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	super	super	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a huge glowing light, brighter than the noonday sun, shining down over the water in a very wild way

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t7:o3:1
# text = a huge glowing light, brighter than the noonday sun, shining down over the water in a very wild way
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	noonday	noonday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	very	very	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shine down** | gerund | a huge glowing light *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | in a wild way; down *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bright light like the sun, super wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t7:o4:1
# text = a bright light like the sun, super wild
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	super	super	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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