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title: Was the innkeeper's wife actually being nice to him at the door? — Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the innkeeper's wife actually being nice to him at the door? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

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Was the innkeeper's wife actually being nice to him at the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wife, him, door

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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/1214-pg3282-part15/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t5:1
# text = Was the innkeeper's wife actually being nice to him at the door?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the innkeeper's wife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | the innkeeper's wife |  | him *= he* | the door |  | actually, nice *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, bro, she was dead sweet and smiled and fussed over him at the door, cos she wanted that magic basket for herself.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t5:o1:1
# text = Nah, bro, she was dead sweet and smiled and fussed over him at the door, cos she wanted that magic basket for herself.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fussed	fuss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
23	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **smile** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fuss** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | the door |  | over him *= he* | tree rules |
| 4 | **want** | past | she | that magic basket |  |  |  | for herself *= she* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot basket=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was grumpy, mate, honestly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t5:o2:1
# text = Nah, she was grumpy, mate, honestly.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was sweet, bro, to get it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she was sweet, bro, to get it.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | bro |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was dead sweet cos she wanted the magic, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t5:o4:1
# text = Nah, she was dead sweet cos she wanted the magic, bro
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | dead sweet cos and bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | she | the magic |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot magic=Theme |

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