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title: Bruv, what did the king reckon his daughter should send back? — Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did the king reckon his daughter should send back? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruv, what did the king reckon his daughter should send back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, daughter · **What happens:** reckon, send back

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» 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/1257-pg3282-part58/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what did the king reckon his daughter should send back?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the king |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send back** | should | king's daughter |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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}

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a present so mint nobody sends more, plus a big letter of thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t2:o1:1
# text = a present so mint nobody sends more, plus a big letter of thanks
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	mint	mint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | a present | more |  |  |  | a big letter of thanks *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
| 2 | **letter** |  |  | thanks |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a present so mint nobody sends more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t2:o2:1
# text = a present so mint nobody sends more
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	mint	mint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | a present |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a present so mint nobody sends more, wrapped in gold and silk for the prince

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t2:o3:1
# text = a present so mint nobody sends more, wrapped in gold and silk for the prince
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	mint	mint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | a present |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wrap** | participle | a present *not said here* |  |  | gold and silk |  | for the prince | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in gold=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a jewel so grand the king sends silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t2:o4:1
# text = a jewel so grand the king sends silk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	grand	grand	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | a jewel | silk |  |  |  | grand the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Theme |

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