--- title: Did the king want something funny in the story, or nah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the king want something funny in the story, or nah? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/828-pg27200-part39/t11/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/828-pg27200-part39/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt… Did the king want something funny in the story, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** something, story This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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/828-pg27200-part39/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t11:1 # text = Did the king want something funny in the story, or nah? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | the king | something | | the story | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=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} Yeah, something to make him cry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, something to make him cry 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he wanted something sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t11:o2:1 # text = Nah, he wanted something sad 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 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | something | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, something to make him laugh out loud, mate, every single night. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, something to make him laugh out loud, mate, every single night. 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 loud loud ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 14 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, something to make him laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t11:o4:1 # text = Yeah, something to make him laugh 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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