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title: wait, who's the mate who keeps telling the King stuff? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, who's the mate who keeps telling the King stuff? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…

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wait, who's the mate who keeps telling the King stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mate · **What happens:** wait, be, keep, tell · **To what, where:** mate, King stuff · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/115-pg11027-part18/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t2:1
# text = wait, who's the mate who keeps telling the King stuff?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | present | the mate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the mate *not said here* | the King stuff |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stuff=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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the bloke with the stable keys, the one who swore an oath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t2:o1:1
# text = the bloke with the stable keys, the one who swore an oath
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | the one | a oath |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the old mate who spent ages in the cellars with the King's wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t2:o2:1
# text = the old mate who spent ages in the cellars with the King's wine
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cellars	cellar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | the old mate | ages |  | the cellars |  | with the King's wine | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the chamberlain Peter, honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t2:o3:1
# text = the chamberlain Peter, honest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:desc	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
faithful John, the trusty one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t2:o4:1
# text = faithful John, the trusty one
1	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	trusty	trusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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