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title: No cap, did the King forgive those sneaky traitors or nah? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, did the King forgive those sneaky traitors or nah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No cap, did the King forgive those sneaky traitors or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** forgive · **To what, where:** sneaky traitors

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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/1528-pg540-part25/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t3:1
# text = No cap, did the King forgive those sneaky traitors or nah?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	traitors	traitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | past · do-support | no cap | that sneaky traitors |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traitor=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 {#o1}

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Nah, he sent them to the mines for life and kept the gold they stole

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, he sent them to the mines for life and kept the gold they stole
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	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | them *= they* |  | the mines for life |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to mine=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
| 3 | **steal** | past | mines *= mine* | the gold *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he locked them up for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t3:o2:1
# text = Nah, he locked them up for good
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	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock up** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | for good | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he freely forgave them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t3:o3:1
# text = Yep, he freely forgave them
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	forgave	forgive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he sent them off to exile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t3:o4:1
# text = Yep, he sent them off to exile
1	Yep	yep	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	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	exile	exile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **exile** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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