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title: Was the Prince dead scared or dead brave in that tree? — Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the Prince dead scared or dead brave in that tree? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…

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Was the Prince dead scared or dead brave in that tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tree

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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/655-pg23661-part23/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t4:1
# text = Was the Prince dead scared or dead brave in that tree?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Prince |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Prince *not said here* |  |  | that tree |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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He hid then had a nap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t4:o1:1
# text = He hid then had a nap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | a nap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He was scared and hid in a tree and then dozed off, mate, proper scared lad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t4:o2:1
# text = He was scared and hid in a tree and then dozed off, mate, proper scared lad
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	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	dozed	doze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | a tree |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |
| 3 | **doze off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | mate *vocative* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He ran and hid in a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t4:o3:1
# text = He ran and hid in a tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | a tree |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hid and fell asleep, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t4:o4:1
# text = He hid and fell asleep, mate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | mate |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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.

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