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title: so the king wants simon 2 to climb the pillar?? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons,… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the king wants simon 2 to climb the pillar?? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro…

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so the king wants simon 2 to climb the pillar??

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, simon · **What happens:** want, climb · **To what, where:** simon, pillar

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» 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/667-pg2435-part7/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t6:1
# text = so the king wants simon 2 to climb the pillar??
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	simon	simon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | the king | simon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | simon *not said here* | the pillar |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location pillar=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, to shoot down the eagle with his bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t6:o1:1
# text = nah, to shoot down the eagle with his bow
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	shoot	shoot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot down** | to-infinitive |  | the eagle |  |  |  | with eagle's bow | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eagle=Patient with bow=Instrument |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to see and hear what's going on everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t6:o2:1
# text = yeah, to see and hear what's going on everywhere
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hear** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to build a bigger pillar for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t6:o3:1
# text = yeah, to build a bigger pillar for him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | a bigger pillar |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pillar=Product for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, just to nap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t6:o4:1
# text = nah, just to nap
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	nap	nap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nap** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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