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title: Wait, what did he bring the princess as his marriage portion? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did he bring the princess as his marriage portion? Test 12 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt…

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Wait, what did he bring the princess as his marriage portion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, bring · **To what, where:** princess

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t12:1
# text = Wait, what did he bring the princess as his marriage portion?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | past · do-support | he |  | the princess |  |  | as his marriage portion | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument what=Theme princess=Destination |

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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}

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A funny story, bruv, about a flying trunk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t12:o1:1
# text = A funny story, bruv, about a flying trunk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A long story that was dead funny and made the king laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t12:o2:1
# text = A long story that was dead funny and made the king laugh.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a long story |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | a long story | the king laugh |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset laugh=Product |

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

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A story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t12:o3:1
# text = A story
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t12:o4:1
# text = A horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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