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title: Did the kids get the Henny Penny story as well? — Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the kids get the Henny Penny story as well? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…

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Did the kids get the Henny Penny story as well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** Penny story

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t9:1
# text = Did the kids get the Henny Penny story as well?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Henny	Henny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Penny	Penny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the kids | the Penny story |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |

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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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"Yeah, they got Henny Penny too."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = "Yeah, they got Henny Penny too."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Henny	Henny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Penny	Penny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | they | Henny Penny |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penny=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Nah, they got Humpty Dumpty and then a whole bunch of other stories about kings, bruv."

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = "Nah, they got Humpty Dumpty and then a whole bunch of other stories about kings, bruv."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Humpty	Humpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Dumpty	Dumpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | they | Humpty Dumpty |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dumpty=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Nah, they only got Humpty Dumpty, bruv."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = "Nah, they only got Humpty Dumpty, bruv."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Humpty	Humpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	Dumpty	Dumpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | they | Humpty |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer humpty=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, they got Henny Penny as well, the chicken one about the sky falling, bruv."

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = "Yeah, they got Henny Penny as well, the chicken one about the sky falling, bruv."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Henny	Henny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Penny	Penny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | they | Henny Penny |  |  |  | the chicken one about the sky *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penny=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | gerund | the chicken one about the sky *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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