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title: Yo, what did the king want to pay for the horse? — Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did the king want to pay for the horse? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a b…

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Yo, what did the king want to pay for the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, want, pay

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» 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/682-pg2435-part22/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t12:1
# text = Yo, what did the king want to pay for the horse?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the horse | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for horse=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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Any price he liked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t12:o1:1
# text = Any price he liked
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | he | any price *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot price=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whatever price he named

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t12:o2:1
# text = Whatever price he named
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | past | price |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any price the horse's owner might ask him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t12:o3:1
# text = Any price the horse's owner might ask him
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | might | any price |  | horse |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Any sum he asked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t12:o4:1
# text = Any sum he asked
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | any sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sum=Recipient |

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