--- title: Bruh, why'd the king even bail on the main road? — Historical Tales, The King and His Haw… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, why'd the king even bail on the main road? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/354-pg18442-part14/t2/) [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/) / [Historical Tales, The King and His Haw…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/354-pg18442-part14/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirst… Bruh, why'd the king even bail on the main road? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** bail · **To what, where:** main road This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» 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/354-pg18442-part14/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:t2:1 # text = Bruh, why'd the king even bail on the main road? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 bail bail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bail** | | the king | | | the main road | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he knew the paths, wanted a shortcut ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:t2:o1:1 # text = he knew the paths, wanted a shortcut 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know 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 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shortcut shortcut NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | he | the paths | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | | a shortcut | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shortcut=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he wanted to see mountains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:t2:o2:1 # text = he wanted to see mountains 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | mountains | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} he wanted to hunt more deer on the trail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:t2:o3:1 # text = he wanted to hunt more deer on the trail 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hunt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | more deer | | the trail | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent deer=Theme on trail=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was bored of the main road so he left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:t2:o4:1 # text = he was bored of the main road so he left 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bore** | past · passive | | he | | | | of the main road | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **leave** | past | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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