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title: aww, the miller's kid could spin gold for real? — Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: aww, the miller's kid could spin gold for real? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1436 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial, and the miller's daughter must spin gold for the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
aww, the miller's kid could spin gold for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** spin · **To what, where:** gold

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1436 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial, and the miller's daughter must spin gold for the King» 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/1436-pg503-part23/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:t7:1
# text = aww, the miller's kid could spin gold for real?
1	aww	aww	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | could | the miller's kid | gold |  |  |  | for real | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Result for real=Beneficiary |

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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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nah, a little manikin did the spinning for her in exchange for her necklace and ring each night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:t7:o1:1
# text = nah, a little manikin did the spinning for her in exchange for her necklace and ring each night
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	manikin	manikin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
8	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
13	for	for	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	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | a little manikin | the exchange |  |  |  | for manikin's necklace | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exchange=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for manikin | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for she=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **ring** | infinitive | a little manikin *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she learned it from her father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, she learned it from her father
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	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | she | it |  |  |  | from her father | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from father=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, the King did it for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:t7:o3:1
# text = nope, the King did it for her
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the King | it |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the manikin did it for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:t7:o4:1
# text = nah, the manikin did it for her
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	manikin	manikin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the manikin | it |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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