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title: Wait, what did the stepmum reckon the girl was doing? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did the stepmum reckon the girl was doing? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1361 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror, part 21: a dying mother gives her daughter a mirror, and a stepmother accuses the girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror, part 21: a dying mother…

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Wait, what did the stepmum reckon the girl was doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stepmum, girl · **What happens:** wait, reckon, do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1361 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror, part 21: a dying mother gives her daughter a mirror, and a stepmother accuses the girl» 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/1361-pg4018-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1361-pg4018-part21:t4:1
# text = Wait, what did the stepmum reckon the girl was doing?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	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	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the stepmum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past · progressive | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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cursing her with a doll thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1361-pg4018-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = cursing her with a doll thing
1	cursing	curse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a doll thing | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cursing her with a doll thing and a load of pins from the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1361-pg4018-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = cursing her with a doll thing and a load of pins from the market
1	cursing	curse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a doll thing and a load of pins from the market | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
making a doll of her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1361-pg4018-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = making a doll of her face
1	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a doll of her face |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset doll=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cursing her with a doll thing she hid under the bed every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1361-pg4018-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = cursing her with a doll thing she hid under the bed every night
1	cursing	curse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  | night | with a doll thing | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | she | a doll thing *not said here* |  | the bed |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Patient under bed=Location |

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