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title: So they just nattered about their dead husband and wife all day? — The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: So they just nattered about their dead husband and wife all day? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1864 «The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King marries a sorrowful lady, and her ugly daughter starts trouble» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King ma…

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So they just nattered about their dead husband and wife all day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** natter

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1864 «The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King marries a sorrowful lady, and her ugly daughter starts trouble» 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/1864-pg7277-part1/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1864-pg7277-part1:t7:1
# text = So they just nattered about their dead husband and wife all day?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	nattered	natter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **natter** *speech: other* | past | they |  |  |  | day | about their dead husband and wife | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about husband=Topic |

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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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Yeah, they had a massive natter about all the amazing things their dead husband and wife had done

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1864-pg7277-part1:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they had a massive natter about all the amazing things their dead husband and wife had done
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	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	natter	natter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | a massive natter |  |  |  | about all amazing things | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent natter=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | all amazing things *not said here* | things's dead husband and wife |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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

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Yeah, they swapped stories about their dead partners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1864-pg7277-part1:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they swapped stories about their dead partners
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	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | they | stories |  |  |  | about stories's dead partners | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they chatted about the old days and gossip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1864-pg7277-part1:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they chatted about the old days and gossip
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	chatted	chat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | past | they |  |  |  | day |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yeah, they went on about the good bits of their dead partners all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1864-pg7277-part1:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they went on about the good bits of their dead partners all day long
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	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | they |  |  |  | day | about the good bits of bits's dead partners; long *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about bit=Location |

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