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title: was the prince a total creep for wanting her coffin? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the q… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the prince a total creep for wanting her coffin? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 106 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the prince's wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned appl…

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was the prince a total creep for wanting her coffin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** total creep · **What happens:** be, want · **To what, where:** prince, coffin

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 106 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the prince's wedding» 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/106-pg11027-part9/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:t9:1
# text = was the prince a total creep for wanting her coffin?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	creep	creep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | gerund | a total creep *not said here* | her coffin |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot coffin=Theme |

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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}

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Nah, he just asked nicely once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:t9:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just asked nicely once
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he |  |  |  |  | nicely, once *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, he begged and offered money first, and only then did he take the coffin home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, he begged and offered money first, and only then did he take the coffin home
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **offer** | past | he *not said here* | money |  |  |  | first *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past · do-support | he | the coffin |  |  | then | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stole her from the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he stole her from the hill
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | her *= she* |  | the hill |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from hill=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he begged and offered money first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, he begged and offered money first
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **offer** | past | he *not said here* | money |  |  |  | first *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

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