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title: so it's basically a bit of a tricky sea trip, yeah? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: so it's basically a bit of a tricky sea trip, yeah? Test 9 · ★ 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 questi
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so it's basically a bit of a tricky sea trip, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t9:1
# text = so it's basically a bit of a tricky sea trip, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a bit |  |  |  | of a tricky sea trip; basically *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the whole thing's dead dramatic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = yeah, the whole thing's dead dramatic
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the ship's basically fine, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = nah, the ship's basically fine, mate
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, storms, pirates, a fox-coloured horse and a cursed shirt, so it's dead dramatic

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah, storms, pirates, a fox-coloured horse and a cursed shirt, so it's dead dramatic
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | shirt |  |  |  |  | dramatic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it's a bit of a stroll, just a few crows and some wine on deck, nothing too scary really

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = nah, it's a bit of a stroll, just a few crows and some wine on deck, nothing too scary really
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stroll	stroll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	appos	_	_
22	too	too	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
24	really	really	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a bit |  |  |  | of a stroll and a few crows and some wine on deck | tree rules |

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