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title: Bruv, how did the chest not let the water in? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Ra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, how did the chest not let the water in? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1282 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: th…

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Bruv, how did the chest not let the water in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** not let in · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1282 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it» 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/1282-pg3454-part7/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t4:1
# text = Bruv, how did the chest not let the water in?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let in** | past · do-support | Bruv | the water |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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}

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It was tightly shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t4:o1:1
# text = It was tightly shut
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | shut, tightly *property* | tree rules |

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

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It was jointed so tight nothing got through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t4:o2:1
# text = It was jointed so tight nothing got through
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	jointed	joint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	through	through	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **joint** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get through** | past | nothing |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It had seams sealed with hot pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t4:o3:1
# text = It had seams sealed with hot pitch
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seams	seam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | It | seams |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seam=Patient |
| 2 | **seal** | participle |  | seams *not said here* |  |  |  | with hot pitch | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They used some strong wax on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1282-pg3454-part7:t4:o4:1
# text = They used some strong wax on it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | They | some strong wax |  | wax |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wax=Patient |

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