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title: Who ever heard of a fairy who gives you a choice like that? — The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who ever heard of a fairy who gives you a choice like that? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmatics o
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

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Who ever heard of a fairy who gives you a choice like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy · **What happens:** hear, give · **To what, where:** choice, you

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t12:1
# text = Who ever heard of a fairy who gives you a choice like that?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  |  |  |  | ever | of a fairy | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of fairy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give** | present | a fairy | a choice | you |  |  | like that | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient choice=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some fairy in a book did it, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t12:o1:1
# text = Some fairy in a book did it, innit
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | some fairy in a book | book |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | some fairy in a book *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Loads of old stories do it, it's like a rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t12:o2:1
# text = Loads of old stories do it, it's like a rule
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Loads of old stories | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | like a rule | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Loads of old stories have fairies doing exactly that, it's like a rule in every fairy tale ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t12:o3:1
# text = Loads of old stories have fairies doing exactly that, it's like a rule in every fairy tale ever
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
18	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Loads of old stories | fairies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | fairies *not said here* | fairies |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  | every fairy tale |  | like a rule | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The enchanter does it all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t12:o4:1
# text = The enchanter does it all the time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the enchanter | it |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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