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title: Wait, how long did the prince hold off before getting hitched? — Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, how long did the prince hold off before getting hitched? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★ · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

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Wait, how long did the prince hold off before getting hitched?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prince · **What happens:** wait, hold off, hitch

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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/662-pg2435-part2/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t6:1
# text = Wait, how long did the prince hold off before getting hitched?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	hitched	hitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hold off** | past · do-support | the prince |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hitch** | gerund · passive | the prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

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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}

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twelve years since dad left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t6:o1:1
# text = twelve years since dad left
1	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle | twelve years since dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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ten years since dad left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t6:o2:1
# text = ten years since dad left
1	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle | ten years since dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
well over ten years since his dad rode off to fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t6:o3:1
# text = well over ten years since his dad rode off to fight
1	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride off** | past | his dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | his dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ten years since dad left for the war in the east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t6:o4:1
# text = ten years since dad left for the war in the east
1	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | dad *not said here* |  |  |  | in the east *result*; for the war | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in east=Result |

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