--- title: ngl, what did the king do to the constable's kids? — Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life,… · tree and pragmatics description: ngl, what did the king do to the constable's kids? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/931-pg27200-part142/t13/) [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 Tales, The Omnibus of Life,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/931-pg27200-part142/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds o… ngl, what did the king do to the constable's kids? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl, king · **What happens:** do This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» 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/931-pg27200-part142/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:t13:1 # text = ngl, what did the king do to the constable's kids? 1 ngl ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 constable constable NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | ngl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the king | | | | | to the constable's kids | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} put them in cold cells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:t13:o1:1 # text = put them in cold cells 1 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | cold cells | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in cell=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} put them in iron cages ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:t13:o2:1 # text = put them in iron cages 1 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cages cage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | iron cages | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in cage=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} sent them away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:t13:o3:1 # text = sent them away 1 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | past | | them *= they* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} killed them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:t13:o4:1 # text = killed them 1 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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