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title: So what's the Golden Branch, then, a magic stick or what? — Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what's the Golden Branch, then, a magic stick or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So what's the Golden Branch, then, a magic stick or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Golden Branch

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» 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/1557-pg540-part54/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t10:1
# text = So what's the Golden Branch, then, a magic stick or what?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Golden Branch |  |  |  | a magic stick *nmod* | tree rules |

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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}

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Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it in the wood and he never learns what it is

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t10:o1:1
# text = Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it in the wood and he never learns what it is
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	ccomp	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  | for sure | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the voice |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the voice *not said here* | voice |  | the wood |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in wood=Location |
| 4 | **not** **learn** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | present | voice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it and he has to find it before the castle falls

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t10:o2:1
# text = Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it and he has to find it before the castle falls
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  | for sure | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the voice |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the voice *not said here* | voice |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | voice |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 6 | **fall** | present | the castle |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yeah, a magic stick the Enchanter stole from the Fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a magic stick the Enchanter stole from the Fairy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | the Enchanter | a magic stick |  |  |  | from the Fairy | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t10:o4:1
# text = Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  | for sure | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the voice |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the voice *not said here* | voice |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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