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title: How'd the bride get saved at the dance? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: How'd the bride get saved at the dance? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 116 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

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How'd the bride get saved at the dance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** save · **To what, where:** bride, dance

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 116 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life» 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/116-pg11027-part19/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t4:1
# text = How'd the bride get saved at the dance?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | would · passive |  | the bride |  | the dance |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at dance=Asset |

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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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He took some blood from her arm with a knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t4:o1:1
# text = He took some blood from her arm with a knife
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | some blood |  | her arm |  | with a knife | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from arm=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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John took the bridal shirt off her, burned it in the fire, and then took three drops of blood out of her breast

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t4:o2:1
# text = John took the bridal shirt off her, burned it in the fire, and then took three drops of blood out of her breast
1	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	out	out	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | John | the bridal shirt |  |  |  | off her *= she* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme off she=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **burn** | past | John *not said here* | shirt |  | the fire |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | John *not said here* | three drops of blood |  | John's breast | then |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent drop=Theme out breast=Initial\_Location |

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

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John took three drops of blood out of her breast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t4:o3:1
# text = John took three drops of blood out of her breast
1	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | John | three drops of blood |  | John's breast |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent drop=Theme out breast=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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John cut her right breast with his sword and took three drops of blood out of her wound

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:116-pg11027-part19:t4:o4:1
# text = John cut her right breast with his sword and took three drops of blood out of her wound
1	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | John | John's right breast |  |  |  | with his sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breast=Patient with sword=Instrument |
| 2 | **take** | past | John *not said here* | three drops of blood |  | John's wound |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent drop=Theme out wound=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **wound** |  | John |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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