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title: Did the guests bang on about the diamonds? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the guests bang on about the diamonds? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the guests bang on about the diamonds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guests · **What happens:** bang on

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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/1798-pg641-part49/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t6:1
# text = Did the guests bang on about the diamonds?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bang	bang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bang on** | present | the guests |  |  |  |  | about the diamonds | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about diamond=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they were way more gobsmacked by the bride than by any diamonds at all

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, they were way more gobsmacked by the bride than by any diamonds at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobsmack** | past · passive | they |  |  |  |  | by the bride; than any diamonds at all | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they talked about them all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they talked about them all night
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | they |  |  |  | night | about them *= they* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the bride totally stole it, the diamonds barely got a look-in at the do

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, the bride totally stole it, the diamonds barely got a look-in at the do
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	do	do	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | the bride | it |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the diamonds |  |  | the do |  | barely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they were more gobsmacked by the bride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, they were more gobsmacked by the bride
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobsmack** | past · passive | the bride | they |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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