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title: ngl the princesses wearing out their shoes sounds mad sus — Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the princesses wearing out their shoes sounds mad sus Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» 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 3 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

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ngl the princesses wearing out their shoes sounds mad sus

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princesses · **What happens:** ngl, wear out, sound · **To what, where:** princesses, shoes, mad sus

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» 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/1504-pg540-part1/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t3:1
# text = ngl the princesses wearing out their shoes sounds mad sus
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | infinitive |  | the princesses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear out** | gerund | the princesses *not said here* | princesses's shoes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
| 3 | **sound** | present |  | mad sus |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sus=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, nobody can explain it and the maids are scared of going into the room

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t3:o1:1
# text = fr, nobody can explain it and the maids are scared of going into the room
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | can | fr | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the maids |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | the maids *not said here* |  |  | the room |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, the shoes are probably just cheap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t3:o2:1
# text = fr, the shoes are probably just cheap
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the shoes | fr *not said here* |  |  |  | cheap, probably *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, nobody can explain it, it's proper weird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t3:o3:1
# text = fr, nobody can explain it, it's proper weird
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | can | fr | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | fr |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no clue, maybe a witch is involved, but nobody in the castle will say anything about it

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t3:o4:1
# text = no clue, maybe a witch is involved, but nobody in the castle will say anything about it
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
17	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no clue  a witch |  |  |  |  | involved *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | nobody | anything |  |  |  | about clue | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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