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title: Yo, did the wife buy his story right off? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Kat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the wife buy his story right off? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

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Yo, did the wife buy his story right off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** buy · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» 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/1847-pg7128-part31/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the wife buy his story right off?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past · do-support | the wife | his story |  |  |  | off *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was like "no way, you're not my hubby"

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, she was like "no way, you're not my hubby"
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | she |  |  |  |  | like no way | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | my hubby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she totally bought it right away, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she totally bought it right away, fam
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | she | it |  |  |  | fam *obl*; away, totally *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was like "no way, you're not my hubby, I'm calling my dad right now"

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, she was like "no way, you're not my hubby, I'm calling my dad right now"
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	right	right	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | she |  |  |  |  | like no way | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | no way | my hubby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | my hubby *not said here* | my dad |  | now |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she straight up told him "you're not my hubby, go away" and then cried for hours

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, she straight up told him "you're not my hubby, go away" and then cried for hours
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	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | him *= he* |  |  | straight *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | my hubby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go away** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  | then; hour |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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