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title: Innit true the King wanted the baby to wed some dwarf? — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit true the King wanted the baby to wed some dwarf? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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 2 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Innit true the King wanted the baby to wed some dwarf?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit · **What happens:** want, wed · **To what, where:** baby, dwarf

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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/1538-pg540-part35/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t2:1
# text = Innit true the King wanted the baby to wed some dwarf?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Innit | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot baby=Theme |
| 2 | **wed** | to-infinitive | Innit *not said here* | some dwarf |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, to some horrid ugly dwarf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t2:o1:1
# text = Nah, to some horrid ugly dwarf
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
5	horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the King wanted her to marry his son, that horrid little dwarf, dead ugly

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the King wanted her to marry his son, that horrid little dwarf, dead ugly
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	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
13	horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | King's son |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |
| 3 | **dwarf** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he wanted her wed to that horrid dwarf, the King's own son, innit mate

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, he wanted her wed to that horrid dwarf, the King's own son, innit mate
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	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wed	wed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | her wed |  |  |  | to that horrid dwarf and innit mate | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent wed=Theme to dwarf=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the King's son, that horrid dwarf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the King's son, that horrid dwarf
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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