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title: so the king wanted a boy to be his heir, yeah? — Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the king wanted a boy to be his heir, yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the king wanted a boy to be his heir, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** boy, heir

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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/647-pg23661-part15/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t12:1
# text = so the king wanted a boy to be his heir, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	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	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the king | a boy |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot boy=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | king's heir |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, a boy to learn the magic, inherit the throne, and rule the whole kingdom

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t12:o1:1
# text = yep, a boy to learn the magic, inherit the throne, and rule the whole kingdom
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive | a boy | the magic |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Topic |
| 2 | **inherit** | infinitive | a boy *not said here* | the throne |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme |
| 3 | **rule** | infinitive | a boy *not said here* | the whole kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, to learn the magic and rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t12:o2:1
# text = yep, to learn the magic and rule
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  | the magic and rule |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, to learn all the magic from him and rule over every single land

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t12:o3:1
# text = yep, to learn all the magic from him and rule over every single land
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  | all magic and rule |  | every single land |  | from him *= he* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent magic=Topic from he=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to inherit his big throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, to inherit his big throne
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inherit** | to-infinitive |  | his big throne |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme |

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