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title: Why did they call her Cinder-breech, mate? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did they call her Cinder-breech, mate? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 9 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper…

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Why did they call her Cinder-breech, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** Cinder breech · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» 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/1084-pg29021-part9/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:t9:1
# text = Why did they call her Cinder-breech, mate?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Cinder	cinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	breech	breech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · do-support | they | her Cinder breech and mate |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent breech=Recipient |

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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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She sat in the ashes all the time because she had to clean the fire

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:t9:o1:1
# text = She sat in the ashes all the time because she had to clean the fire
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | the ashes | time |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location |
| 2 | **have** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **clean** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the fire |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She cleaned the hearth each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:t9:o2:1
# text = She cleaned the hearth each day
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleaned	clean	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	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | past | She | the hearth |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hearth=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She sat in the ashes all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:t9:o3:1
# text = She sat in the ashes all the time
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | the ashes | time |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She liked the smell of smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:t9:o4:1
# text = She liked the smell of smoke
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	liked	like	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	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | She | the smell of smoke |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot smell=Theme |
| 2 | **smell** |  | smoke |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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