--- title: Bro, why did the prince not just shoot the pigeon when he was starvi… — Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why did the prince not just shoot the pigeon when he was starving? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/694-pg2435-part34/t2/) [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 Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/694-pg2435-part34/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre… Bro, why did the prince not just shoot the pigeon when he was starving? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** not shoot, starve · **To what, where:** pigeon This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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/694-pg2435-part34/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t2:1 # text = Bro, why did the prince not just shoot the pigeon when he was starving? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 shoot shoot VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 starving starve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **shoot** | past · do-support | | the pigeon | | | | Bro *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme | | 2 | **starve** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | 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} He was too weak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t2:o1:1 # text = He was too weak 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He felt sorry for it and lowered his bow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t2:o2:1 # text = He felt sorry for it and lowered his bow 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 lowered lower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | He | | | | | for it; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **lower** | past | He *not said here* | his bow | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was too far, so he missed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t2:o3:1 # text = It was too far, so he missed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **miss** | past | he | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The pigeon begged him, so he unstrung his bow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:t2:o4:1 # text = The pigeon begged him, so he unstrung his bow 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 unstrung unstring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the pigeon | | him *= he* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **unstring** | past | pigeon | pigeon's bow | | | | | tree rules | **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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