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title: Innit true Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and still got a princess? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit true Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and still got a princess? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1630 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree: the old tree is burned, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree: the old tree is burn…

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Innit true Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and still got a princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, true Humpty Dumpty · **What happens:** innit, fall, get · **To what, where:** princess

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1630 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree: the old tree is burned, and a new tale begins» 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/1630-pg5615-part19/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t8:1
# text = Innit true Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and still got a princess?
1	Innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Humpty	Humpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Dumpty	Dumpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | past | true Humpty Dumpty |  |  |  |  | downstairs *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | true Humpty Dumpty *not said here* | a princess |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=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 {#o1}

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Nah, that's the tale the mice know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, that's the tale the mice know
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | the tale |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | the mice | the tale *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yeah, that's the story the tree knows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, that's the story the tree knows
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | the story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | the tree | the story *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yeah, that's the story the rats tell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, that's the story the rats tell
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | the story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the rats | the story *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, that's the story the tree knows best, and it always ends with the princess

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, that's the story the tree knows best, and it always ends with the princess
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	_
15	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | the story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | the tree |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **end** | present | tree |  |  |  |  | with the princess; always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with princess=Subeventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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