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description: so the wedding dress was ruined, what did they do, cry? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 10 · ★ · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

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so the wedding dress was ruined, what did they do, cry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** ruin, do, cry · **To what, where:** wedding dress

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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/1652-pg5615-part41/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t10:1
# text = so the wedding dress was ruined, what did they do, cry?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | past · passive |  | the wedding dress |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they had to start over from scratch and sew everything again by morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t10:o1:1
# text = they had to start over from scratch and sew everything again by morning
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	scratch	scratch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sew	sew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start over** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | scratch |  | over *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sew** | infinitive | they *not said here* | everything |  |  | again; morning |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they had to start over from scratch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t10:o2:1
# text = they had to start over from scratch
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	scratch	scratch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start over** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | scratch |  | over *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they had to start over from scratch, buying new silk from every merchant in town

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t10:o3:1
# text = they had to start over from scratch, buying new silk from every merchant in town
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	scratch	scratch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start over** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | scratch |  | over *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **buy** | gerund | they *not said here* | new silk |  | every merchant in town |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent silk=Theme from merchant=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they fixed it with some new thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t10:o4:1
# text = they fixed it with some new thread
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | past | they | it |  |  |  | with some new thread | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with thread=Co-Patient |

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