Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of…

Lol, what did the husband make her promise him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: do, make, promise · To what, where: husband

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1157 «Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of ice is raised, and the ogre tricks the princess» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 promise	nmod:poss
9	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 promise	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	the husband		tree rules
3	promise speech: promise	infinitive	the husband not said here	husband	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

never to give the stone away or let the ogre see it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 give	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 give	mark
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stone	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 give	advmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 give	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ogre	det
10	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not give away	to-infinitive		the stone	away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	let	infinitive		the ogre		tree rules
3	see	infinitive	the ogre not said here	ogre		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

never to sell the crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 sell	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 sell	mark
3	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sell	to-infinitive		the crown					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme

Option 3

never to give the stone away to anyone, not even the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 give	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 give	mark
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stone	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 give	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 give	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 king	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 king	advmod
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 king	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give away	to-infinitive		the stone	anyone			the king obl; away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stone=Theme to anyone=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

never to give the stone away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 give	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 give	mark
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stone	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give away	to-infinitive		the stone				away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

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