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title: so why didn't she catch him in the pulpit? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian… · tree and pragmatics
description: so why didn't she catch him in the pulpit? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1622 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11: Christian guards the church, meets the dead princess, and bargains for a second night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 3 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so why didn't she catch him in the pulpit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** not catch · **To what, where:** him, pulpit

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1622 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11: Christian guards the church, meets the dead princess, and bargains for a second night» 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/1622-pg5615-part11/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1622-pg5615-part11:t3:1
# text = so why didn't she catch him in the pulpit?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pulpit	pulpit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | past · do-support | she | him *= he* |  | the pulpit |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cuz the pulpit was blessed and she couldn't go near the holy wood at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1622-pg5615-part11:t3:o1:1
# text = cuz the pulpit was blessed and she couldn't go near the holy wood at all
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pulpit	pulpit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the pulpit |  |  |  |  | blessed *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **go** | could | she |  |  | the holy wood |  | at all | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near wood=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she tried super hard but the stairs were too much for her to climb all the way

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1622-pg5615-part11:t3:o2:1
# text = she tried super hard but the stairs were too much for her to climb all the way
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	super	super	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | she |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the stairs |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | her *= she* | all way |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location way=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she couldn't climb all the steps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1622-pg5615-part11:t3:o3:1
# text = she couldn't climb all the steps
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **climb** | could | she | all steps |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location step=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was too weak to climb up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1622-pg5615-part11:t3:o4:1
# text = she was too weak to climb up
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb up** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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