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title: Was the frog's ask fair, like, is it proper weird he wanted her bed? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the frog's ask fair, like, is it proper weird he wanted her bed? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 123 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, part 26: the lazy girl gets pitch, and the frog claims his promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, par…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the frog's ask fair, like, is it proper weird he wanted her bed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** frog, it, he · **What happens:** be, want · **To what, where:** bed

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 123 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, part 26: the lazy girl gets pitch, and the frog claims his promise» 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/123-pg11027-part26/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:123-pg11027-part26:t8:1
# text = Was the frog's ask fair, like, is it proper weird he wanted her bed?
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	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the frog |  |  |  |  | ask, fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | past | he | her bed |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bed=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was fair, he was just lonely though

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:123-pg11027-part26:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, it was fair, he was just lonely though
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	though	though	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | fair, though *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was dead weird, wanting to sleep in her bed every single night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:123-pg11027-part26:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it was dead weird, wanting to sleep in her bed every single night
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
15	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | her bed | night |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was odd, wanting to share her bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:123-pg11027-part26:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it was odd, wanting to share her bed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | odd *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her bed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was dead weird, sleeping in her bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:123-pg11027-part26:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it was dead weird, sleeping in her bed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  | her bed |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location |

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