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title: that walnut thing, did she just open it and get a mantle? — Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41:… · tree and pragmatics
description: that walnut thing, did she just open it and get a mantle? Test 11 · ★ 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
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# Test 11 · ★ · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

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that walnut thing, did she just open it and get a mantle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** walnut thing · **What happens:** open, get · **To what, where:** it, mantle

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t11:1
# text = that walnut thing, did she just open it and get a mantle?
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	walnut	walnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past · do-support | that walnut thing | it |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | that walnut thing *not said here* | a mantle |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mantle=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, a mantle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t11:o1:1
# text = yep, a mantle
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the nut held a gold ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t11:o2:1
# text = yep, the nut held a gold ring
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the nut | a gold ring |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the nut gave her a mantle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t11:o3:1
# text = yep, the nut gave her a mantle
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the nut | a mantle | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient mantle=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, it gave her a ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t11:o4:1
# text = yep, it gave her a ring
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | it | a ring | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient ring=Theme |

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