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title: so the king found her in a tree by accident? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the king found her in a tree by accident? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

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so the king found her in a tree by accident?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** find · **To what, where:** her, tree

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» 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/1567-pg540-part64/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:t3:1
# text = so the king found her in a tree by accident?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	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	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the king | her *= she* |  | a tree by accident |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

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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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yeah, he was hunting a deer and saw her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, he was hunting a deer and saw her
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past · progressive | he | a deer |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yep, his hunting dog kept barking up at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:t3:o2:1
# text = yep, his hunting dog kept barking up at her
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | his hunting dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bark up** | gerund | his hunting dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at dog | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at she=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, on purpose
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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yep, his greyhound was barking at her like crazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:t3:o4:1
# text = yep, his greyhound was barking at her like crazy
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past · progressive | his greyhound | her *= she* |  |  |  | like crazy | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent her=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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