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title: Oi, the Princess just knocks at the Sun's gaff and asks to come in,… — tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, the Princess just knocks at the Sun's gaff and asks to come in, yeah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 1 · ★ · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

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Oi, the Princess just knocks at the Sun's gaff and asks to come in, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** knock, ask, come in

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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/1530-pg540-part27/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t1:1
# text = Oi, the Princess just knocks at the Sun's gaff and asks to come in, yeah?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	gaff	gaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
18	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | present | Oi |  |  |  |  | at the Sun's gaff | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at gaff=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Oi *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Oi *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she begs for admission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she begs for admission
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	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | she |  |  |  |  | for admission | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for admission=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she climbs in the window and begs the Sun to let her stay

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, she climbs in the window and begs the Sun to let her stay
1	Nah	nah	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	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | she |  |  | the window |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in window=Trajectory |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | she *not said here* |  | the Sun |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent sun=Recipient |
| 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stay** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she begs for admission and sleeps in the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she begs for admission and sleeps in the cellar
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	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | she |  |  |  |  | for admission | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for admission=Topic |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | she *not said here* |  |  | the cellar |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she knocks politely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she knocks politely
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	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | present | she |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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