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title: What's the story's big lesson, fam? — Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the story's big lesson, fam? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1080 «Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive in time, Blue Beard dies, and she inherits his wealth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 13 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive i…

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What's the story's big lesson, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big lesson · **What happens:** be

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1080 «Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive in time, Blue Beard dies, and she inherits his wealth» 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/1080-pg29021-part5/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:t13:1
# text = What's the story's big lesson, fam?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the story's big lesson and fam |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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curiosity brings regret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:t13:o1:1
# text = curiosity brings regret
1	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | curiosity | regret |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent regret=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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if you snoop in your husband's secrets you will regret it deeply

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:t13:o2:1
# text = if you snoop in your husband's secrets you will regret it deeply
1	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snoop	snoop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	regret	regret	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snoop** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | in your husband's secrets | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in secret=Theme |
| 2 | **regret** | future | you | it |  |  |  | deeply *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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never open a door you were told to leave shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:t13:o3:1
# text = never open a door you were told to leave shut
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | a door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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curiosity leads to ruin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:t13:o4:1
# text = curiosity leads to ruin
1	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ruin	ruin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | curiosity |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result |
| 2 | **ruin** | to-infinitive | curiosity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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