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title: what's the tea on the paper dress, was it cringe or nah — Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the tea on the paper dress, was it cringe or nah Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

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what's the tea on the paper dress, was it cringe or nah

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cringe, dress · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tea, paper dress, cringe

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» 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/1558-pg540-part55/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t5:1
# text = what's the tea on the paper dress, was it cringe or nah
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | cringe | the tea |  | the paper dress |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | dress | cringe |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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cringe, it's freezing and she's getting dragged around by her stepmom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t5:o1:1
# text = cringe, it's freezing and she's getting dragged around by her stepmom
1	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	around	around	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · progressive | cringe |  |  |  |  | cringe *vocative* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drag around** | present · progressive · passive | her stepmom | she |  |  |  | around *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it's lowkey iconic and kinda cute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t5:o2:1
# text = nah, it's lowkey iconic and kinda cute
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	iconic	iconic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | iconic, lowkey *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah it's iconic, the paper dress is giving main character energy for real

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t5:o3:1
# text = nah it's iconic, the paper dress is giving main character energy for real
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	iconic	iconic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
11	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | iconic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present · progressive | the paper dress | main character energy |  |  |  | for real | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent energy=Theme for real=Asset |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cringe, it's freezing and she's getting dragged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t5:o4:1
# text = cringe, it's freezing and she's getting dragged
1	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · progressive | cringe |  |  |  |  | cringe *vocative* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drag** | present · progressive · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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