---
title: the king was mad, right, like proper mad? — Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: the king was mad, right, like proper mad? Test 7 · ★ 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 and of 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/t7/)

<!-- 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/) / [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/) / t7

# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the king was mad, right, like proper mad?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t7:1
# text = the king was mad, right, like proper mad?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he tore his hair, total meltdown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t7:o1:1
# text = he tore his hair, total meltdown
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tore** | past | he | his hair and total meltdown |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he shouted at the guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, he shouted at the guards
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	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  | the guards |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he screamed and tore his hair out and smashed all the royal plates

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah, he screamed and tore his hair out and smashed all the royal plates
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	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tore out** | past | he *not said here* | his hair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **smash** | past | he *not said here* | all royal plates |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he was furious, shouting, stamping, and tearing up the whole throne room

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t7:o4:1
# text = yep, he was furious, shouting, stamping, and tearing up the whole throne room
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	stamping	stamp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tearing	tear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stamp** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **tear up** | gerund | he *not said here* | the whole throne room |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location room=Theme |

<!-- 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: [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/t6/)
- next →: [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/)