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description: Dead rude, what did she say when the crone asked her to comb her hair? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 9 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead rude, what did she say when the crone asked her to comb her hair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, crone · **What happens:** say, ask, comb · **To what, where:** her, hair · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» 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/1152-pg3027-part18/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t9:1
# text = Dead rude, what did she say when the crone asked her to comb her hair?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crone	crone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	comb	comb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the crone |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **comb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the crone *not said here* | crone's hair |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I won't comb it, old hag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = I won't comb it, old hag
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	comb	comb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **comb** | future | I | it |  |  |  | old hag *obl* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go comb it yourself, then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = Go comb it yourself, then
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	comb	comb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	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 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **comb** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Comb your hair, indeed!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = Comb your hair, indeed!
1	Comb	comb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comb** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hair |  |  |  | indeed *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I have better things to do than comb your hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = I have better things to do than comb your hair
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	comb	comb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | better things |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | better things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **comb** | infinitive | I *not said here* | your hair |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

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