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title: What was the wee dove wanting to do, though? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the wee dove wanting to do, though? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 9 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmo…

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What was the wee dove wanting to do, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wee dove · **What happens:** be, want, do, though

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» 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/1154-pg3027-part20/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t9:1
# text = What was the wee dove wanting to do, though?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	though	though	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the wee dove |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | gerund | the wee dove *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the wee dove *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **though** | infinitive | the wee dove *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Scare her away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t9:o1:1
# text = Scare her away
1	Scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Peck out her eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t9:o2:1
# text = Peck out her eyes
1	Peck	peck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck out** | imperative | you *not said here* | her eyes |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Find a way to get back at the stepmum for the wreath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t9:o3:1
# text = Find a way to get back at the stepmum for the wreath
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wreath	wreath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | a way |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent way=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get back** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the stepmum |  | for the wreath | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for wreath=Source |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Get revenge on her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t9:o4:1
# text = Get revenge on her
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Beneficiary her=Theme |

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