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title: did the bride just ask for a buffalo instead of her sisters?? — Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the bride just ask for a buffalo instead of her sisters?? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did the bride just ask for a buffalo instead of her sisters??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bride · **What happens:** ask

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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/1168-pg3027-part34/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:t3:1
# text = did the bride just ask for a buffalo instead of her sisters??
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the bride |  |  |  |  | for a buffalo; instead bride's sisters | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she asked for the buffalo and the whole herd of oxen too, she was so extra about it all

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:t3:o1:1
# text = nah, she asked for the buffalo and the whole herd of oxen too, she was so extra about it all
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
20	about	about	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she |  |  |  |  | for the buffalo and the whole herd of oxen | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | about herd; extra *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the buffalo, the Rover of the Plain, because her sisters were just too lazy to help out

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:t3:o2:1
# text = yep, the buffalo, the Rover of the Plain, because her sisters were just too lazy to help out
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rover	Rover	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Plain	Plain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
21	out	out	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | her sisters |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help out** | to-infinitive | her sisters *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the Rover of the Plain, she was so extra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:t3:o3:1
# text = yep, the Rover of the Plain, she was so extra
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rover	Rover	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Plain	Plain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she asked for the horse instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:t3:o4:1
# text = nah, she asked for the horse instead
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she |  |  |  |  | for the horse; instead *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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