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title: was the husband gonna get away? — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the husband gonna get away? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1481 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: the wife opens the forbidden closet and is saved by her brothers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 12 · ★ · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: the wife opens the for…

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was the husband gonna get away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** be, get away

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1481 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: the wife opens the forbidden closet and is saved by her brothers» 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/1481-pg503-part68/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:t12:1
# text = was the husband gonna get away?
1	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | the husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get away** | infinitive | the husband *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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nah, the brothers caught him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:t12:o1:1
# text = nah, the brothers caught him
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | the brothers | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, he escaped out the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:t12:o2:1
# text = yes, he escaped out the door
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape out** | past | he | the door |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he tried to flee but the brothers caught him at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:t12:o3:1
# text = nah, he tried to flee but the brothers caught him at the gate
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	flee	flee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **flee** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **catch** | past | the brothers | him *= he* |  | the gate |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at gate=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the brothers caught him at the gate and ran him through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:t12:o4:1
# text = nah, the brothers caught him at the gate and ran him through
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	through	through	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | the brothers | him *= he* |  | the gate |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at gate=Asset |
| 2 | **run** | past | the brothers *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

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