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title: What happened to the rings and that cross, bruv? — Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: What happened to the rings and that cross, bruv? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

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What happened to the rings and that cross, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» 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/1280-pg3454-part5/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:t11:1
# text = What happened to the rings and that cross, bruv?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the rings and that cross and bruv | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The young man laid them at the king's feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:t11:o1:1
# text = The young man laid them at the king's feet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past | the young man | them *= they* |  | the king's feet |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at foot=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He tossed them to the nobles there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:t11:o2:1
# text = He tossed them to the nobles there
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | past | He | them *= they* | the nobles | there |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Patient to noble=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The young man put them on the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:t11:o3:1
# text = The young man put them on the table
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | the young man | them *= they* |  | the table |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on table=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He kept them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:t11:o4:1
# text = He kept them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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