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title: Was the prince scared of the king or nah? — Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the prince scared of the king or nah? Test 9 · ★ 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 the quest
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…

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Was the prince scared of the king or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, scare · **To what, where:** prince

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t9:1
# text = Was the prince scared of the king or nah?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	csubj	_	_
4	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scare** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the king | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he stayed calm inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t9:o1:1
# text = Nah, he stayed calm inside
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | he |  |  |  |  | calm, inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he wept under the tree and was too frightened to speak to the king

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he wept under the tree and was too frightened to speak to the king
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | he |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | frightened *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the king | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he cried in the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he cried in the room
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  | the room |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was brave and told the king that he feared no punishment at all

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, he was brave and told the king that he feared no punishment at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* |  | the king |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
| 3 | **fear** | past | king | no punishment |  | all |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer punishment=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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