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title: Did the Princess actually help him or what? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Q… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Princess actually help him or what? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1838 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the…

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Did the Princess actually help him or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1838 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way» 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/1838-pg7128-part22/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t4:1
# text = Did the Princess actually help him or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past · do-support | the Princess |  | him *= he* |  |  | actually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

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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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Yeah, she swapped the potsherd and saved him, bare clever, and then told her dad everything

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she swapped the potsherd and saved him, bare clever, and then told her dad everything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	iobj	_	_
19	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | she | the potsherd |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potsherd=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | past | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she *not said here* | everything | her dad |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient everything=Topic |

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

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Yeah, she swapped the potsherd and saved him, bare clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she swapped the potsherd and saved him, bare clever
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | she | the potsherd |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potsherd=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | past | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she burned the potsherd, dead clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she burned the potsherd, dead clever
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | she | the potsherd |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent potsherd=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, she didn't do nothing, the lad just got lucky and the potsherd fell on the floor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1838-pg7128-part22:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, she didn't do nothing, the lad just got lucky and the potsherd fell on the floor
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past · do-support | she | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | past | the lad *not said here* | lucky |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the potsherd |  |  | the floor |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location |

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