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title: Yo, did the Miller's girl actually spin the straw herself or was she… — Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the Miller's girl actually spin the straw herself or was she blagging? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

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Yo, did the Miller's girl actually spin the straw herself or was she blagging?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** do, spin, blagg · **To what, where:** girl, straw

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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/128-pg11027-part31/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the Miller's girl actually spin the straw herself or was she blagging?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Miller	Miller	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	spin	spin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	blagging	blagg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Miller's girl |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spin** | present |  | the straw |  |  |  | girl *obl*; actually *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent straw=Theme |
| 3 | **blagg** | past · progressive | girl |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Dwarf did the spinning, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t1:o1:1
# text = The Dwarf did the spinning, innit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spinning	spinning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the Dwarf | the spinning and innit |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spinning=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She cheated with a Dwarf, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t1:o2:1
# text = She cheated with a Dwarf, innit
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | past | She |  |  |  |  | with a Dwarf | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the King did all the spinning himself, and then he blagged it to everyone, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, the King did all the spinning himself, and then he blagged it to everyone, innit
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	blagged	blagg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund | the King *not said here* | King |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 3 | **blagg** | past | King | it |  |  | then | to everyone | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Course she spun it herself, she's proper clever, innit, no help from nobody at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t1:o4:1
# text = Course she spun it herself, she's proper clever, innit, no help from nobody at all
1	Course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nmod	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | past | Course | it |  |  |  | Course *obl*; no help from nobody at all *obl* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Course |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

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