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title: honestly, was the whole trip worth it for the girl? — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: honestly, was the whole trip worth it for the girl? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
honestly, was the whole trip worth it for the girl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole trip · **What happens:** be, worth · **To what, where:** whole trip, it

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» 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/1420-pg503-part7/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:t12:1
# text = honestly, was the whole trip worth it for the girl?
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	worth	worth	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the whole trip |  |  |  | honestly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **worth** | past | the whole trip | it |  |  |  | for the 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, all that flying and freezing was worth it since she finally got her chance to save him

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, all that flying and freezing was worth it since she finally got her chance to save him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	flying	flying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | all flying and freezing |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | she | her chance |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus |
| 3 | **save** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **chance** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, after all that wind-riding she finally got her chance to win him back

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, after all that wind-riding she finally got her chance to win him back
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she | her chance |  |  | after all wind riding | finally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **win back** | to-infinitive | her chance *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
| 3 | **chance** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she finally got her chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she finally got her chance
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she | her chance |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chance** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she got what she wanted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she got what she wanted
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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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