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title: Safe, what did the king do to the crew after the princess got nicked? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Safe, what did the king do to the crew after the princess got nicked? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steal…

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Safe, what did the king do to the crew after the princess got nicked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** king

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» 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/668-pg2435-part8/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:t11:1
# text = Safe, what did the king do to the crew after the princess got nicked?
1	Safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
14	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · passive · do-support |  | the king |  |  | after the princess | to the crew | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Put them in irons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:t11:o1:1
# text = Put them in irons
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	irons	iron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | irons |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in iron=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Beat them soundly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:t11:o2:1
# text = Beat them soundly
1	Beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	soundly	soundly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | soundly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Put them in irons and jailed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:t11:o3:1
# text = Put them in irons and jailed them
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	irons	iron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	jailed	jail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | irons |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in iron=Destination |
| 2 | **jail** | past | you *not said here* | irons *= iron* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Put them in irons and sold them as slaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:t11:o4:1
# text = Put them in irons and sold them as slaves
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	irons	iron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | irons |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in iron=Destination |
| 2 | **sell** | past | you *not said here* | irons *= iron* |  |  |  | as slaves | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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