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title: ngl why couldn't she just talk to the huntsmen? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl why couldn't she just talk to the huntsmen? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister save…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl why couldn't she just talk to the huntsmen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** not talk

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» 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/121-pg11027-part24/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t2:1
# text = ngl why couldn't she just talk to the huntsmen?
1	ngl	ngl	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | could | she |  |  |  |  | to the huntsmen | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to huntsman=Co-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 -->
because her step-mom forbade it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t2:o1:1
# text = because her step-mom forbade it
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past | her step mom | it |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the spell made her mute for the next six years no matter what she did

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t2:o2:1
# text = cause the spell made her mute for the next six years no matter what she did
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mute	mute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **make** | past | the cause spell | spell's mute |  |  | year | no matter *obl:unmarked* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mute=Product |
| 3 | **do** | past | spell |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she had to stay quiet for six years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t2:o3:1
# text = cause she had to stay quiet for six years
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | cause |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | cause *not said here* |  |  |  | year | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she'd made a vow to stay silent and sew shirts for six whole years

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t2:o4:1
# text = cause she'd made a vow to stay silent and sew shirts for six whole years
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sew	sew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive |  | cause |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary vow=Product |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sew** | present |  | shirts |  |  | year |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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