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title: what did the boy ask for before he went with the king? — Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the boy ask for before he went with the king? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…

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what did the boy ask for before he went with the king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** ask, go

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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/670-pg2435-part10/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t7:1
# text = what did the boy ask for before he went with the king?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent what=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | past | boy |  |  |  |  | with the king | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with king=Beneficiary |

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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}

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to get things from garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t7:o1:1
# text = to get things from garden
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | things |  | garden |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from garden=Source |

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

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to grab stuff from the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t7:o2:1
# text = to grab stuff from the garden
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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to fetch his toys outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t7:o3:1
# text = to fetch his toys outside
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | his toys |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to ask his mum to come with him to the palace gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t7:o4:1
# text = to ask his mum to come with him to the palace gates
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | his mum |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the palace gates |  | with him *= he* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location |

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