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title: so mother holle is nice or creepy, like with those teeth? — Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is… · tree and pragmatics
description: so mother holle is nice or creepy, like with those teeth? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 122 «Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the blinded prince finds her; a girl meets Mother Holle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the bli…

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so mother holle is nice or creepy, like with those teeth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mother · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 122 «Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the blinded prince finds her; a girl meets Mother Holle» 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/122-pg11027-part25/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t8:1
# text = so mother holle is nice or creepy, like with those teeth?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	holle	holle	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	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 | **is** | present | mother |  |  |  |  | like that teeth; nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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kind, I think

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t8:o1:1
# text = kind, I think
1	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | kind |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she's scary, she tried to trick the girl away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t8:o2:1
# text = she's scary, she tried to trick the girl away
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **trick away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the girl |  |  |  | away *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she's creepy, she wanted to eat the girl alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t8:o3:1
# text = she's creepy, she wanted to eat the girl alive
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | creepy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the girl |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

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

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she's kind, she told the girl to stay and be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t8:o4:1
# text = she's kind, she told the girl to stay and be safe
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | the girl |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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