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title: Was Surcantine well gutted she lost the argument? — Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Surcantine well gutted she lost the argument? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

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Was Surcantine well gutted she lost the argument?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Surcantine · **What happens:** be, gut, lose · **To what, where:** Surcantine, argument

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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/1876-pg7277-part13/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t4:1
# text = Was Surcantine well gutted she lost the argument?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Surcantine	Surcantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	gutted	gut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Surcantine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | past | Surcantine |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | past | Surcantine | the argument |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |

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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 was livid and refused to send any kind of present at all

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she was livid and refused to send any kind of present at all
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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	livid	livid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | livid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **send** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | any kind of present |  | all |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she stormed off in a huff and wouldn't speak to anyone for years

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she stormed off in a huff and wouldn't speak to anyone for years
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	stormed	storm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	huff	huff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **storm off** | past | she |  |  | a huff |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | would | she *not said here* |  |  |  | year | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but she still sent a wedding present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, but she still sent a wedding present
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | she | a wedding present |  |  | still |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but she sulked all the way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, but she sulked all the way home
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | past | she | all way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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