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title: Bro, the prince got the ring back with help from ducks, like actual… — Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, the prince got the ring back with help from ducks, like actual ducks, no cap? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…

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Bro, the prince got the ring back with help from ducks, like actual ducks, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** get back · **To what, where:** ring

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» 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/695-pg2435-part35/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t1:1
# text = Bro, the prince got the ring back with help from ducks, like actual ducks, no cap?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | past | the prince | the ring |  |  |  | with help from ducks like actual ducks and no cap; Bro *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, the ducks swam down and fetched it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the ducks swam down and fetched it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|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 | **swim down** | past | the ducks |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | past | the ducks *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the wild ducks dived into the brook and grabbed the ring in their beaks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the wild ducks dived into the brook and grabbed the ring in their beaks
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | past | the wild ducks |  |  | the brook |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into brook=Location |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the wild ducks *not said here* | the ring |  | ducks's beaks |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, a frog found it in the mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, a frog found it in the mud
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | a frog | it |  | the mud |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the wild ducks dived and grabbed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the wild ducks dived and grabbed it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|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 | **dive** | past | the wild ducks |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the wild ducks *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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