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title: mate, what does the mum say when she hears about the last daughter g… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate, what does the mum say when she hears about the last daughter going out? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daugh…

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mate, what does the mum say when she hears about the last daughter going out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, last daughter · **What happens:** say, hear, go out · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» 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/1615-pg5615-part4/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t12:1
# text = mate, what does the mum say when she hears about the last daughter going out?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the mum |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present | mum |  |  |  |  | about the last daughter | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about daughter=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go out** | gerund | the last daughter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Must I lose my dearest child too, my last one?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t12:o1:1
# text = Must I lose my dearest child too, my last one?
1	Must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dearest	dear	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | must | I | my dearest child |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Must I lose my dearest child too?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t12:o2:1
# text = Must I lose my dearest child too?
1	Must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dearest	dear	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | must | I | my dearest child |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Must I lose my last child?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t12:o3:1
# text = Must I lose my last child?
1	Must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | must | I | my last child |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Will my youngest come back soon?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t12:o4:1
# text = Will my youngest come back soon?
1	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | future | youngest |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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