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title: Did the parents' quarrel get sorted, like, finally? — Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the parents' quarrel get sorted, like, finally? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood…

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Did the parents' quarrel get sorted, like, finally?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents · **What happens:** sort, quarrel · **To what, where:** quarrel

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» 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/1877-pg7277-part14/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t13:1
# text = Did the parents' quarrel get sorted, like, finally?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | past · passive · do-support |  | the parents's quarrel |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **quarrel** |  | the parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom quarrel «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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, the lovers' fathers sorted it out themselves, at the wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t13:o1:1
# text = yeah, the lovers' fathers sorted it out themselves, at the wedding
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort out** | past | the lovers's fathers | it |  | the wedding |  | fathers *= father* *obl* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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yeah, the Fairy sorted it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, the Fairy sorted it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sorted	sort	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | past | the Fairy | it |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, the king sorted it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t13:o3:1
# text = yeah, the king sorted it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sorted	sort	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | past | the king | it |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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nah, it kept going on and on until the Fairy finally sorted it out

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t13:o4:1
# text = nah, it kept going on and on until the Fairy finally sorted it out
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sort out** | past | the Fairy | it |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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