--- title: Why'd she chuck her veil on the floor and her ring in the stream? — Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd she chuck her veil on the floor and her ring in the stream? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1674-pg5615-part63/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1674-pg5615-part63/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops… Why'd she chuck her veil on the floor and her ring in the stream? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** veil, floor This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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/1674-pg5615-part63/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t8:1 # text = Why'd she chuck her veil on the floor and her ring in the stream? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chuck chuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | would | she | her veil | | the floor and her ring | | in the stream | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent veil=Theme on floor=Destination | 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} To make Ciccu come back for them, mate, cos she wanted him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t8:o1:1 # text = To make Ciccu come back for them, mate, cos she wanted him 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | Ciccu | | | | mate *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | infinitive | Ciccu *not said here* | | | | | for them *= they* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | Ciccu | him *= he* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She was just messy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t8:o2:1 # text = She was just messy 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 messy messy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | messy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To make Ciccu come back for them, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t8:o3:1 # text = To make Ciccu come back for them, mate 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | Ciccu | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | infinitive | Ciccu *not said here* | | | | | for them *= they*; mate *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} To get Ciccu to return for them, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t8:o4:1 # text = To get Ciccu to return for them, bruv 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 3 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | Ciccu | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | Ciccu *not said here* | | | | | for them *= they* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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