--- title: what did the sons always want to do? — Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's St… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the sons always want to do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/938-pg27200-part149/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 Tales, The Philosopher's St…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/938-pg27200-part149/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis… what did the sons always want to do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sons · **What happens:** do, want This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» 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/938-pg27200-part149/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t11:1 # text = what did the sons always want to do? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | the sons | | | | | always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sons *not said here* | | | | | | 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} Go out into the world and join the big deeds their father talked about ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t11:o1:1 # text = Go out into the world and join the big deeds their father talked about 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 join join VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **join** | present | you *not said here* | the big deeds | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Patient | | 3 | **talk about** | past | deeds's father | the big deeds *not said here* | | | | about *property* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deed=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Go out and join big deeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t11:o2:1 # text = Go out and join big deeds 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 join join VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **join** | present | you *not said here* | big deeds | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Go out and see the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t11:o3:1 # text = Go out and see the world 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the world | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ride out to join battles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t11:o4:1 # text = Ride out to join battles 1 Ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **join** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | battles | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Patient | **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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