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title: did whittington's wagoner help him or nah — Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princ… · tree and pragmatics
description: did whittington's wagoner help him or nah Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1461 «Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Charming fetches the water, is jailed, and becomes king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Char…

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did whittington's wagoner help him or nah

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wagoner · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** whittington

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1461 «Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Charming fetches the water, is jailed, and becomes 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/1461-pg503-part48/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t8:1
# text = did whittington's wagoner help him or nah
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	whittington	whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wagoner	wagoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past · do-support | whittington's wagoner |  | whittington |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he let him walk but then ignored him, that's rough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t8:o1:1
# text = nah he let him walk but then ignored him, that's rough
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | past | he *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he gave him a ride then dropped him off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah he gave him a ride then dropped him off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **drop off** | past | a ride | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he let him walk but then ignored him the whole trip, and whittington was stuck walking alone, that's rough

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t8:o3:1
# text = nah he let him walk but then ignored him the whole trip, and whittington was stuck walking alone, that's rough
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	whittington	whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
18	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
19	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | past | him *= he* *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | whittington |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **walk** | gerund | whittington *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he helped a lot, let him ride in back, fed him, and then sold him to a merchant, that's rough

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1461-pg503-part48:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah he helped a lot, let him ride in back, fed him, and then sold him to a merchant, that's rough
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | he | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ride** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | back |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **feed** | past | he *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 5 | **sell** | past | he *not said here* | him *= he* | a merchant |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to merchant=Recipient |
| 6 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |

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