--- title: why did the swineherd say no to the ladies' kisses? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd:… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the swineherd say no to the ladies' kisses? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 997 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/997-pg27200-part208/t12/) [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 Swineherd:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/997-pg27200-part208/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, t… why did the swineherd say no to the ladies' kisses? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swineherd, ladies · **What happens:** say, kiss · **To what, where:** no, kisses · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 997 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses» 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/997-pg27200-part208/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t12:1 # text = why did the swineherd say no to the ladies' kisses? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 kisses kiss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the swineherd | no | the ladies's kisses | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to kiss=Recipient | | 2 | **kiss** | | the ladies | | | | | | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} he wanted the ladies to leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t12:o1:1 # text = he wanted the ladies to leave 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want 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 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | the ladies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the ladies *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he wanted a hundred gold coins and the princess too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t12:o2:1 # text = he wanted a hundred gold coins and the princess too 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | hundred gold coins and the princess | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot coin=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he only wanted to kiss the princess herself and nobody else ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t12:o3:1 # text = he only wanted to kiss the princess herself and nobody else 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 conj _ _ 11 else else ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **kiss** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the princess | | | | princess *obl* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he wanted the princess herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t12:o4:1 # text = he wanted the princess herself 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want 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 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | the princess | | | | princess *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=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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