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title: wait what did the sisters rule, like what's their deal? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer W… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait what did the sisters rule, like what's their deal? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait what did the sisters rule, like what's their deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do, be · **To what, where:** sisters rule

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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/1570-pg540-part67/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t9:1
# text = wait what did the sisters rule, like what's their deal?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the sisters rule |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like their deal | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
beasts, fishes and birds, one each, with the first sister ruling over all the land creatures

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t9:o1:1
# text = beasts, fishes and birds, one each, with the first sister ruling over all the land creatures
1	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
14	ruling	rule	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | gerund | the first sister *not said here* |  |  | all land creatures |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
birds, beasts and fish, split up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t9:o2:1
# text = birds, beasts and fish, split up
1	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split up** | participle · passive |  | birds and beasts and fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
beasts, fishes and birds, one each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t9:o3:1
# text = beasts, fishes and birds, one each
1	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
beasts, fishes and birds, one each, and the old one had the beasts plus the wood

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t9:o4:1
# text = beasts, fishes and birds, one each, and the old one had the beasts plus the wood
1	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | beasts and fishes and birds | the beasts plus the wood |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Patient |

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