--- title: so the frog just kept coming back for the princess? — Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: so the frog just kept coming back for the princess? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/t12/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the… so the frog just kept coming back for the princess? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frog · **What happens:** keep, come back This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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/735-pg2591-part11/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t12:1 # text = so the frog just kept coming back for the princess? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the frog | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | gerund | the frog *not said here* | | | | | for the princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} nah, he stayed in the spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t12:o1:1 # text = nah, he stayed in the spring 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 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | | | | spring | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he came back to the spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t12:o2:1 # text = nah, he came back to the spring 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | he | | | | spring | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he kept tapping at the door every single night until she finally let him in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t12:o3:1 # text = yeah, he kept tapping at the door every single night until she finally let him in 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 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 tapping tap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 until until SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 finally finally ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tap** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | night | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 3 | **let in** | infinitive | she | him *= he* | | | | finally *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, he tapped at the door again at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, he tapped at the door again at night 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 tapped tap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tap** | past | he | | | | again; 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