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title: What did the sick royals have to do to get better? — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiid… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the sick royals have to do to get better? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples…

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What did the sick royals have to do to get better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sick royals · **What happens:** do, have, get

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» 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/680-pg2435-part20/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t9:1
# text = What did the sick royals have to do to get better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	royals	royal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the sick royals |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the sick royals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | the sick royals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Get up and walk daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t9:o1:1
# text = Get up and walk daily
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wear masks over their noses and stay away from the windows for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t9:o2:1
# text = Wear masks over their noses and stay away from the windows for a week
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	masks	mask	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | masks |  | masks's noses |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mask=Theme |
| 2 | **stay away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the windows | week | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay in bed all day and drink the powder mixed with honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t9:o3:1
# text = Stay in bed all day and drink the powder mixed with honey
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | bed | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location |
| 2 | **drink** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the powder |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent powder=Patient |
| 3 | **mix** | participle |  | the powder *not said here* |  |  |  | with honey | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with honey=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Lie still in a dark room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t9:o4:1
# text = Lie still in a dark room
1	Lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a dark room | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |

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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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