--- title: What did the stone-cutter reckon he wanted to be, dead? — Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the stone-cutter reckon he wanted to be, dead? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake… What did the stone-cutter reckon he wanted to be, dead? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, cutter reckon · **What happens:** do, want, be · **To what, where:** cutter reckon This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» 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/692-pg2435-part32/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t10:1 # text = What did the stone-cutter reckon he wanted to be, dead? 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 7 det _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 cutter cutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 reckon reckon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the cutter reckon | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reckon=Eventuality | | 2 | **want** | past | he | the cutter reckon *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the cutter reckon *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t10:o1:1 # text = The sun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A rich man living in a silken house with many servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t10:o2:1 # text = A rich man living in a silken house with many servants 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | gerund | a rich man *not said here* | | | a silken house with many servants | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A rich man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t10:o3:1 # text = A rich man 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A great lord ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t10:o4:1 # text = A great lord 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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