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title: Wait, so the maidens are like, grandmas now? — Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so the maidens are like, grandmas now? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, so the maidens are like, grandmas now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, maidens · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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/1251-pg3282-part52/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t2:1
# text = Wait, so the maidens are like, grandmas now?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	grandmas	grandma	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the maidens |  |  |  |  | like grandmas | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they're pale and wan, looking rough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they're pale and wan, looking rough
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wan	wan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, bent over with sticks and coughing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, bent over with sticks and coughing
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	coughing	coughing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend over** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with sticks and coughing; over *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they're still young and blooming, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, they're still young and blooming, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	blooming	bloom	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  | still | mate *vocative*; young *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bloom** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, still young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, still young
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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