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title: Savage, what does the king say about the flute? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: mu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Savage, what does the king say about the flute? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 12 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Savage, what does the king say about the flute?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Savage · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» 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/683-pg2435-part23/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t12:1
# text = Savage, what does the king say about the flute?
1	Savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Savage | the king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Savage |  |  |  |  | about the flute | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
You made me sing, stop the tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t12:o1:1
# text = You made me sing, stop the tune
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | You | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the tune |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality tune=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You made me dance, no more tunes, play the flute no more in my kingdom forever

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t12:o2:1
# text = You made me dance, no more tunes, play the flute no more in my kingdom forever
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	tunes	tune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	no	no	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | You | dance and no more tunes | me |  |  | forever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary dance=Product |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive |  | the flute |  | my kingdom |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent flute=Beneficiary more=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You made me dance, no more tunes, I beg you to stop this now

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t12:o3:1
# text = You made me dance, no more tunes, I beg you to stop this now
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	tunes	tune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	beg	beg	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
15	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	obj	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | You | dance | me |  |  | no more tunes *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary dance=Product |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | this |  |  | now |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality this=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You made me dance, no more tunes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t12:o4:1
# text = You made me dance, no more tunes
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	tunes	tune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | You | dance and no more tunes | me |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary dance=Product |

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