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title: lol the eldest sister was so savage about the garden boy — Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the eldest sister was so savage about the garden boy Test 5 · ★ 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 each
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# Test 5 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

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lol the eldest sister was so savage about the garden boy

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** eldest sister · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t5:1
# text = lol the eldest sister was so savage about the garden boy
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	savage	savage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the eldest sister |  |  |  |  | about the garden boy; savage *property* | tree rules |

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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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right? she said a princess mustn't lower herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t5:o1:1
# text = right? she said a princess mustn't lower herself
1	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	lower	lower	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **lower** | must | a princess | princess |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, she told him to leave the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t5:o2:1
# text = yeah, she told him to leave the garden
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the garden |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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right? so mean lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t5:o3:1
# text = right? so mean lol
1	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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right? she called him a nobody at dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t5:o4:1
# text = right? she called him a nobody at dinner
1	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | she |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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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