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title: so what's she coming back in, a ride? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comra… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what's she coming back in, a ride? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so what's she coming back in, a ride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** come back · **To what, where:** ride

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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/1735-pg640-part59/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t8:1
# text = so what's she coming back in, a ride?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present · progressive | she | a ride |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=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 -->
a big fancy carriage thing, pulled by four grey horses, proper showy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t8:o1:1
# text = a big fancy carriage thing, pulled by four grey horses, proper showy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	showy	showy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a big fancy carriage thing *not said here* |  |  |  | by four grey horses | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a carriage, four grey horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t8:o2:1
# text = a carriage, four grey horses
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a coach, two black ponies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t8:o3:1
# text = a coach, two black ponies
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a massive posh carriage with four proud grey horses pulling it along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t8:o4:1
# text = a massive posh carriage with four proud grey horses pulling it along
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
7	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	along	along	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund | four proud grey horses *not said here* | carriage |  |  |  | along *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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