--- title: What did the queen throw him up for, mate? — Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the queen throw him up for, mate? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake… What did the queen throw him up for, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queen · **What happens:** throw up · **To what, where:** him This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t6:1 # text = What did the queen throw him up for, mate? 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 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw up** | past · do-support | the queen | him *= he* | | | | for mate | tree rules | 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} To end the game ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t6:o1:1 # text = To end the game 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 end end VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | to-infinitive | | the game | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To win a wager ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t6:o2:1 # text = To win a wager 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 win win VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wager wager NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | to-infinitive | | a wager | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wager=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} For fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t6:o3:1 # text = For fun 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} To test his luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t6:o4:1 # text = To test his luck 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 test test 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 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | to-infinitive | | his luck | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme | **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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