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title: Wait, the bud was sweet and then bitter? Total fail, innit? — Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the bud was sweet and then bitter? Total fail, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the bud was sweet and then bitter? Total fail, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bud, Total fail · **What happens:** wait, be, innit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» 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/1621-pg5615-part10/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Wait, the bud was sweet and then bitter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t1:1
# text = Wait, the bud was sweet and then bitter?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bud	bud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the bud |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the bud *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Total fail, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t1:2
# text = Total fail, innit?
1	Total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | infinitive | Total fail |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, sweet first, then bitter as gall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, sweet first, then bitter as gall
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gall	gall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, sour first, then sweet as honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, sour first, then sweet as honey
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sour	soar	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soar** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was sweet at first, then went bitter as gall on the tongue, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it was sweet at first, then went bitter as gall on the tongue, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	gall	gall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past |  |  |  | the tongue | then | as gall; bitter *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on tongue=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, sweet first, then bitter as gall, proper nasty stuff that was

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, sweet first, then bitter as gall, proper nasty stuff that was
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gall	gall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

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