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title: And that rope trick, was she dim or what? — pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: And that rope trick, was she dim or what? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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 3 · ★ · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f…

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And that rope trick, was she dim or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rope trick · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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/1811-pg641-part62/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t3:1
# text = And that rope trick, was she dim or what?
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dim	dim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that rope trick |  |  |  |  | dim *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She was asleep the whole time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t3:o1:1
# text = She was asleep the whole time
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  | time | asleep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She just trusted him, like, straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t3:o2:1
# text = She just trusted him, like, straight up
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	trusted	trust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was checking the knots, proper careful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t3:o3:1
# text = She was checking the knots, proper careful
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knots	knot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past · progressive | She | the knots |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wanted to fly up there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t3:o4:1
# text = She wanted to fly up there
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fly up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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