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title: Was the throne room all dark or what? — Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the throne room all dark or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the throne room all dark or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** throne room

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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/717-pg2435-part57/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t10:1
# text = Was the throne room all dark or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the throne room |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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, lots of braziers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, lots of braziers
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	braziers	brazier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the whole hall was blazing with thousands of golden lamps hung from the high ceiling

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t10:o2:1
# text = Nah, the whole hall was blazing with thousands of golden lamps hung from the high ceiling
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	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	blazing	blaze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blaze** | past · progressive | the whole hall |  |  |  |  | with thousands of golden lamps | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with thousand=Theme |
| 2 | **hang** | participle |  | golden lamps *not said here* |  | the high ceiling |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was bright because of hundreds of burning lamps and mirrors set around the walls

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t10:o3:1
# text = Nah, it was bright because of hundreds of burning lamps and mirrors set around the walls
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	set	set	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	around	around	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **set** | present | hundreds of burning lamps and mirrors |  |  | the walls |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent around wall=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, hundreds of lamps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:717-pg2435-part57:t10:o4:1
# text = Nah, hundreds of lamps
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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