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title: why'd the lady nick the baby, was it a revenge thing? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear,… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd the lady nick the baby, was it a revenge thing? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 11 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

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why'd the lady nick the baby, was it a revenge thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lady, baby · **What happens:** nick, be · **To what, where:** baby, revenge thing

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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/1296-pg3454-part21/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t11:1
# text = why'd the lady nick the baby, was it a revenge thing?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | infinitive | the lady | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | baby | a revenge thing |  |  |  |  | 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}

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yeah, the lady was the witch's sister and wanted revenge on the princess for stealing her husband

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, the lady was the witch's sister and wanted revenge on the princess for stealing her husband
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	acl	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the lady | the witch's sister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the witch's sister | revenge |  |  |  | on the princess | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |
| 3 | **steal** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | sister's husband |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location husband=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no clue, it's just a mystery in the tale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = no clue, it's just a mystery in the tale
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mystery	mystery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no clue | a mystery |  | the tale |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she wanted revenge on the mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, she wanted revenge on the mum
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | revenge |  |  |  | on the mum | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no clue, but the lady in the tale is a witch who wanted to ruin the princess's whole family for good

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = no clue, but the lady in the tale is a witch who wanted to ruin the princess's whole family for good
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	ruin	ruin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no clue but the lady in the tale | a witch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | a witch |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **ruin** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a witch *not said here* | the princess's whole family |  |  |  | for good | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |

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