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title: So, like, why did the fairy say be home by midnight? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics
description: So, like, why did the fairy say be home by midnight? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 14 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

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So, like, why did the fairy say be home by midnight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** fairy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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/1429-pg503-part16/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t14:1
# text = So, like, why did the fairy say be home by midnight?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	ccomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the fairy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  | midnight |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | home *property* | 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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Or the coach would stop dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t14:o1:1
# text = Or the coach would stop dead
1	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | the coach |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Or the magic would all wear off and she'd be left in her rags again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t14:o2:1
# text = Or the magic would all wear off and she'd be left in her rags again
1	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear off** | would | the magic |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | would · passive |  | magic |  | magic's rags | again |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in rag=Location |

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

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Or the magic would all wear off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t14:o3:1
# text = Or the magic would all wear off
1	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear off** | would | the magic |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Or the lights would go out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t14:o4:1
# text = Or the lights would go out
1	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | would | the lights |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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