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title: Did the stork king save the prince for real or nah? — Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the stork king save the prince for real or nah? Test 6 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the stork king save the prince for real or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stork king · **What happens:** save · **To what, where:** prince

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t6:1
# text = Did the stork king save the prince for real or nah?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past · do-support | the stork king | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the king had spared the prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, the king had spared the prince
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past · perfect | the king | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent prince=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the prince had spared the duck king's life long before, and so was repaid

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the prince had spared the duck king's life long before, and so was repaid
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	before	before	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	repaid	repay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past · perfect · passive |  | the prince |  |  |  | before *property* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient life=Asset |
| 2 | **repay** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the prince had spared his life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the prince had spared his life
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past · perfect · passive |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient life=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the duck king only sent ducks because the prince had fed their children in the marsh last winter

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, the duck king only sent ducks because the prince had fed their children in the marsh last winter
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the duck king | ducks |  |  | winter |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | past · perfect · passive |  | the prince |  | the marsh |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient child=Theme |

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