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title: Gutted for her, right? Every two steps forward and she's sent back o… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gutted for her, right? Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering! Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

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Gutted for her, right? Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** gut, send back, knacker · **To what, where:** two steps

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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/1529-pg540-part26/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gutted for her, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t2:1
# text = Gutted for her, right?
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t2:2
# text = Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering!
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	knackering	knacker	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send back** | present · passive |  | every two steps |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination one=Theme |
| 2 | **knacker** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she gets fully slowed down on that sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she gets fully slowed down on that sand
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	slowed	slow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | present · passive |  | she |  | that sand |  | fully *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she has to cross the sand and it slows her down really badly every time she goes

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she has to cross the sand and it slows her down really badly every time she goes
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the sand |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient |
| 3 | **slow down** | present | sand | her *= she* |  |  | time | badly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 4 | **go** | present | she | every time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, that desert sand slows her down so much she can barely move forward at all now

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, that desert sand slows her down so much she can barely move forward at all now
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | present | that desert sand | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **move forward** | can | sand |  |  | all | now | barely, forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the sand slows her right down a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the sand slows her right down a lot
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow** | present | the sand | her *= she* |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked*; down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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