--- title: The Princess could have stayed in her tower, right, so why'd she go… — pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24… · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess could have stayed in her tower, right, so why'd she go out in the streets? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/t12/) [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/) / [pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap… The Princess could have stayed in her tower, right, so why'd she go out in the streets? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** stay, go out · **To what, where:** tower, streets This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t12:1 # text = The Princess could have stayed in her tower, right, so why'd she go out in the streets? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 right right INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | could · perfect | the Princess | | | Princess's tower | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tower=Location | | 2 | **go out** | would | Princess | | | the streets | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} she wanted air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t12:o1:1 # text = she wanted air 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | air | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot air=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} she wanted to find the Prince and the dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t12:o2:1 # text = she wanted to find the Prince and the dragon 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the Prince and the dragon | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} she was scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t12:o3:1 # text = she was scared 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she could not walk through the town in her gown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t12:o4:1 # text = she could not walk through the town in her gown 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **walk** | could | she | | | the town | | in her gown | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through town=Initial\_Location in gown=Trajectory | **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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