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title: Yo, was Cabbage-Stalk really getting lame-shamed by the King, or what? — The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, was Cabbage-Stalk really getting lame-shamed by the King, or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

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Yo, was Cabbage-Stalk really getting lame-shamed by the King, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Stalk · **What happens:** get, shame

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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/1556-pg540-part53/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t1:1
# text = Yo, was Cabbage-Stalk really getting lame-shamed by the King, or what?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	Cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Stalk	Stalk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	lame	lame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	shamed	shame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · progressive | Stalk |  |  |  |  | Cabbage *vocative*; lame *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shame** | participle | Stalk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 mate, he was just being a bit dramatic about the whole gate thing really

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah mate, he was just being a bit dramatic about the whole gate thing really
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about the whole gate thing; a bit *obl:unmarked*; dramatic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah mate, he was properly furious and locked her up in the tower for ages

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah mate, he was properly furious and locked her up in the tower for ages
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | furious, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock up** | past | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the tower | for ages |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was just really chill mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, he was just really chill mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | chill mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, he was proper sus about her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, mate, he was proper sus about her
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | proper sus |  |  |  | about her *= she* | tree rules |

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