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title: Yo, so the Frog was actually Serpentine, innit? — Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so the Frog was actually Serpentine, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, so the Frog was actually Serpentine, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Frog, Serpentine · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** Serpentine

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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/1691-pg640-part15/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t1:1
# text = Yo, so the Frog was actually Serpentine, innit?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	Serpentine	Serpentine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Frog | the Serpentine |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the Serpentine |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the fairies | mate |  |  |  | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Theme into frog=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog, and she was stuck that way for years before the Prince came by

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog, and she was stuck that way for years before the Prince came by
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
17	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
21	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the fairies | mate |  |  |  | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Theme into frog=Result |
| 2 | **is** | past | frog |  |  |  | year | that way *obl:unmarked*; stuck *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come by** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog, and she had to talk to every bloke at the fountain

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, mate, the fairies turned her into a frog, and she had to talk to every bloke at the fountain
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the fairies | mate |  |  |  | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Theme into frog=Result |
| 2 | **have** | past | frog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **talk** | to-infinitive | frog *not said here* |  |  | the fountain |  | to every bloke | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to bloke=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, mate, the Prince turned her into a frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, mate, the Prince turned her into a frog
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the Prince | her *= she* |  |  |  | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Theme into frog=Result |

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