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title: What's a girth, then, the bit that snapped? — Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's a girth, then, the bit that snapped? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What's a girth, then, the bit that snapped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit · **What happens:** be, snap · **To what, where:** girth

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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/1709-pg640-part33/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t7:1
# text = What's a girth, then, the bit that snapped?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girth	girth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a girth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **snap** | past | the bit |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 -->
The leather cover on the saddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t7:o1:1
# text = The leather cover on the saddle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wide leather strap that goes under the horse's belly and holds the saddle firmly on

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t7:o2:1
# text = The wide leather strap that goes under the horse's belly and holds the saddle firmly on
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the wide leather strap |  |  | the horse's belly |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under belly=Location |
| 2 | **hold on** | present | the wide leather strap *not said here* | the saddle |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The strap that holds the saddle on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t7:o3:1
# text = The strap that holds the saddle on
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold on** | present | the strap | the saddle |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A type of metal shoe that the horse wears on each of its four hooves when riding out

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:t7:o4:1
# text = A type of metal shoe that the horse wears on each of its four hooves when riding out
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
17	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
18	out	out	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | the horse | metal shoe |  | each |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent that=Source |
| 2 | **ride out** | gerund | a type of metal shoe |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **type** |  |  | metal shoe |  |  |  |  | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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