--- title: wait, when the ship sank where did the prince go? — Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, when the ship sank where did the prince go? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/t9/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid save… wait, when the ship sank where did the prince go? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ship, prince · **What happens:** wait, sink, go This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» 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/877-pg27200-part88/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t9:1 # text = wait, when the ship sank where did the prince go? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **sink** | past | the ship | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past · do-support | the prince | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} sank into the deep waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t9:o1:1 # text = sank into the deep waves 1 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | | | | the deep waves | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} sank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t9:o2:1 # text = sank 1 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} under the rough swells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t9:o3:1 # text = under the rough swells 1 under under ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 4 swells swell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swell** | present | | | | the rough | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} fell down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t9:o4:1 # text = fell down 1 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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