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title: So the fairy gave her a muff? Like, a fancy hand warmer? — The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the fairy gave her a muff? Like, a fancy hand warmer? Test 4 · ★ 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 of th
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the fairy gave her a muff? Like, a fancy hand warmer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** muff, her

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the fairy gave her a muff?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t4:1
# text = So the fairy gave her a muff?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	muff	muff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the fairy | a muff | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient muff=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Like, a fancy hand warmer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t4:2
# text = Like, a fancy hand warmer?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but the white side made her good, not pretty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, but the white side made her good, not pretty
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the white side | her *= she* |  |  |  | good, pretty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, and it's from the fairy who made her choose, though she kept it warm for years

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, and it's from the fairy who made her choose, though she kept it warm for years
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | from the fairy | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | the fairy | fairy |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product |
| 3 | **choose** | infinitive | the fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **keep** | past | fairy | it |  |  | year | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a fancy warmer, but she only ever wears it on the coldest winter nights

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a fancy warmer, but she only ever wears it on the coldest winter nights
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	coldest	cold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
16	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | she | it |  |  | ever; night |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but the yellow side made her pretty, not good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, but the yellow side made her pretty, not good
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the yellow side | her *= she* |  |  |  | pretty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |

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