--- title: what's the curse's deal, real talk? — Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: th… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the curse's deal, real talk? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1623-pg5615-part12/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1623-pg5615-part12/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c… what's the curse's deal, real talk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** deal, curse · **What happens:** be, deal This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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/1623-pg5615-part12/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t10:1 # text = what's the curse's deal, real talk? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the curse's deal real talk | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deal** | | the curse | | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} she got it at birth and it came back when dad broke his rule ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t10:o1:1 # text = she got it at birth and it came back when dad broke his rule 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | she | it | | birth | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at birth=Asset | | 2 | **come back** | past | birth | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **break** | past | dad | dad's rule | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | | 4 | **rule** | | dad | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} she was cursed by her step-mum when young ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t10:o2:1 # text = she was cursed by her step-mum when young 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | past · passive | her step mum | she | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} she got it from a witch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t10:o3:1 # text = she got it from a witch 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | she | it | | | | from a witch | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from witch=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} a wizard cast it when she was ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t10:o4:1 # text = a wizard cast it when she was ten 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wizard wizard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | she | ten | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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