--- title: Why did the two sisters not fancy marrying him at first? — The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the two sisters not fancy marrying him at first? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1480-pg503-part67/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1480-pg503-part67/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco… Why did the two sisters not fancy marrying him at first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, marry · **To what, where:** two sisters, him This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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/1480-pg503-part67/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t8:1 # text = Why did the two sisters not fancy marrying him at first? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 8 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the two sisters | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Eventuality | | 2 | **marry** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} His beard and the wives he'd already had put them off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t8:o1:1 # text = His beard and the wives he'd already had put them off 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 dislocated _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 already already ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux _ _ 10 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put off** | past · perfect | he | wives *= wife* | | | | His beard and the wives *dislocated* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | ### Option 2 {#o2} His coach was a bit scruffy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t8:o2:1 # text = His coach was a bit scruffy 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 scruffy scruffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | His coach | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; scruffy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} His house was too small for a party ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t8:o3:1 # text = His house was too small for a party 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | His house | | | | | for a party; small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He ate with a fork, which was weird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t8:o4:1 # text = He ate with a fork, which was weird 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | He | | | | | with a fork | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | a fork | | | | | weird *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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