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title: What did the proper husband show as proof? — Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the proper husband show as proof? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal…

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What did the proper husband show as proof?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proper husband · **What happens:** do, show

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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/1649-pg5615-part38/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t5:1
# text = What did the proper husband show as proof?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | the proper husband |  |  |  |  | as proof | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The seven tongues cut from the serpent's heads, and a cloth he had embroidered himself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t5:o1:1
# text = The seven tongues cut from the serpent's heads, and a cloth he had embroidered himself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
17	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle · passive |  | the seven tongues |  | the serpent's heads |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from head=Material |
| 2 | **embroider** | past · perfect · passive |  | a cloth |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary himself=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five tongues and a golden locket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t5:o2:1
# text = Five tongues and a golden locket
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seven tongues and a bloodied cloth from the serpent's lair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t5:o3:1
# text = Seven tongues and a bloodied cloth from the serpent's lair
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bloodied	bloody	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	lair	lair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bloody** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seven tongues and an embroidered cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t5:o4:1
# text = Seven tongues and an embroidered cloth
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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