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title: Innit, why did the Magician let the Malee's girl in? — Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit, why did the Magician let the Malee's girl in? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…

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Innit, why did the Magician let the Malee's girl in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit · **What happens:** let · **To what, where:** girl

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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/1823-pg7128-part7/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1823-pg7128-part7:t9:1
# text = Innit, why did the Magician let the Malee's girl in?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Magician	Magician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Malee	Malee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · do-support | Innit | the Malee's girl |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=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}

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He was lonely and needed a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1823-pg7128-part7:t9:o1:1
# text = He was lonely and needed a friend
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | past | He *not said here* | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He liked her and wanted flowers sent every week to the tower garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1823-pg7128-part7:t9:o2:1
# text = He liked her and wanted flowers sent every week to the tower garden
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | He | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | past | flowers |  |  | the tower garden | week |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to garden=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He wanted her to clean the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1823-pg7128-part7:t9:o3:1
# text = He wanted her to clean the tower
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **clean** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the tower |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tower=Patient |

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

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He liked her and wanted flowers sent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1823-pg7128-part7:t9:o4:1
# text = He liked her and wanted flowers sent
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | He | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | flowers |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flower=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  | flowers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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