--- title: Bruv, why did Muffette not just take the dowry and bounce? — Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's din… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, why did Muffette not just take the dowry and bounce? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1182 «Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's dinner and the prince's sword: the princess is saved from a monster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's din…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1182-pg3027-part48/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's dinner and the prince's… Bruv, why did Muffette not just take the dowry and bounce? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not take · **To what, where:** dowry This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1182 «Fairy Book, Muffette, the dragon's dinner and the prince's sword: the princess is saved from a monster» 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/1182-pg3027-part48/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1182-pg3027-part48:t9:1 # text = Bruv, why did Muffette not just take the dowry and bounce? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 Muffette Muffette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 bounce bounce NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | | the dowry and bounce | | | | Bruv *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dowry=Theme | 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} she said she'd sell out the prince for gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1182-pg3027-part48:t9:o1:1 # text = she said she'd sell out the prince for gold 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sell out** | would | she | the prince | | | | for gold | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent prince=Theme for gold=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} she said she would take the dowry and bounce it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1182-pg3027-part48:t9:o2:1 # text = she said she would take the dowry and bounce it 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bounce bounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | would | she | the dowry | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dowry=Theme | | 3 | **bounce** | present | she *not said here* | dowry | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} she said she won't buy her life with faithlessness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1182-pg3027-part48:t9:o3:1 # text = she said she won't buy her life with faithlessness 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 faithlessness faithlessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **buy** | future | she | her life | | | | with faithlessness | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she just took the dowry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1182-pg3027-part48:t9:o4:1 # text = she just took the dowry 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | she | the dowry | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dowry=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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