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title: bro, what was the calf even tied to? — Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what was the calf even tied to? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» 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 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

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bro, what was the calf even tied to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** be, tie · **To what, where:** calf

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» 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/1765-pg641-part16/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t2:1
# text = bro, what was the calf even tied to?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro | the calf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie** | participle |  | the calf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the prince's right ankle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t2:o1:1
# text = the prince's right ankle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ankle	ankle	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 -->
a silk thread tied to his left little toe and dragged along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t2:o2:1
# text = a silk thread tied to his left little toe and dragged along
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	along	along	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a silk thread *not said here* |  |  |  | to his left little toe | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to toe=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **drag** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the prince's left little toe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t2:o3:1
# text = the prince's left little toe
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the prince's whole left leg up to the knee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:t2:o4:1
# text = the prince's whole left leg up to the knee
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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