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title: what's the moral of the Riquet bit, then — Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the moral of the Riquet bit, then Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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 was w
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# Test 11 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

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what's the moral of the Riquet bit, then

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

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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/1086-pg29021-part11/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:t11:1
# text = what's the moral of the Riquet bit, then
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	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Riquet	Riquet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the moral of the Riquet bit |  |  |  | then |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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wit isn't all, and beauty's the thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:t11:o1:1
# text = wit isn't all, and beauty's the thing
1	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | beauty | the thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, so mind your manners

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:t11:o2:1
# text = wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, so mind your manners
1	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
19	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | wit | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | clever folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **mind** | infinitive |  | your manners |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:t11:o3:1
# text = wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever
1	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | wit | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | clever folk |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, and beauty fades anyway

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:t11:o4:1
# text = wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, and beauty fades anyway
1	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	fades	fade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
20	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | wit | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | clever folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **fade** | present | beauty |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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