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title: What's the Prince like then, is he proper bad or what? — pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the Prince like then, is he proper bad or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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 10 · ★ · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap…

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What's the Prince like then, is he proper bad or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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/656-pg23661-part24/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t10:1
# text = What's the Prince like then, is he proper bad or what?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bad, properly *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he took the tower and the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t10:o1:1
# text = he took the tower and the kingdom
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	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	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | the tower and the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he wanted the Princess's gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t10:o2:1
# text = he wanted the Princess's gold
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | the Princess's gold |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he is the nephew of the old king and wants to rule every town in the land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t10:o3:1
# text = he is the nephew of the old king and wants to rule every town in the land
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	land	land	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 a** | present | he | the nephew |  |  |  | of the old king | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **rule** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | every town |  | the land |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he stole the crown from her family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t10:o4:1
# text = he stole the crown from her family
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	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	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | the crown |  | her family |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from family=Source |

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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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