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title: Mate, was the King dead keen to marry her when he saw all that gold? — Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, was the King dead keen to marry her when he saw all that gold? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

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Mate, was the King dead keen to marry her when he saw all that gold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, marry, see · **To what, where:** King dead keen, her, gold

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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/1541-pg540-part38/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t1:1
# text = Mate, was the King dead keen to marry her when he saw all that gold?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	keen	keen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the King dead keen |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **see** | past | he | all gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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yeah, he said yes straight away, mate, and kissed her hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, he said yes straight away, mate, and kissed her hand
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; away *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kiss** | past | he *not said here* | her hand |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, he said yes straight away and called the priests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, he said yes straight away and called the priests
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | past | he *not said here* | the priests |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent priest=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he said yes straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, he said yes straight away
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, he agreed the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t1:o4:1
# text = yes, he agreed the same day
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | he |  |  |  | day |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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