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title: So the tree got the gold star at the top, yeah? — Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the tree got the gold star at the top, yeah? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the tree got the gold star at the top, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tree · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** gold star, top

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» 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/1629-pg5615-part18/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t5:1
# text = So the tree got the gold star at the top, yeah?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the tree | the gold star |  | the top |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent star=Theme at top=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, a gold tinsel star, sick!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t5:o1:1
# text = "Yeah, a gold tinsel star, sick!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tinsel	tinsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Nah, not a star, it was a massive gold crown with little bells, sick!"

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t5:o2:1
# text = "Nah, not a star, it was a massive gold crown with little bells, sick!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | star | a massive gold crown |  |  |  | with little bells | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, a gold tinsel star at the very top, proper sick, mate!"

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t5:o3:1
# text = "Yeah, a gold tinsel star at the very top, proper sick, mate!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tinsel	tinsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, a silver angel, sick!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t5:o4:1
# text = "Yeah, a silver angel, sick!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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