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title: bruv, what did the enchanter want as a thank you for being nice? — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, what did the enchanter want as a thank you for being nice? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Test 12 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

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bruv, what did the enchanter want as a thank you for being nice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruv · **What happens:** do, want, be · **To what, where:** enchanter, thank

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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/1880-pg7277-part17/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t12:1
# text = bruv, what did the enchanter want as a thank you for being nice?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thank	thank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	flat	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
14	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bruv | the enchanter |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchanter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** | present | bruv | a thank |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thank=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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to kiss her hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t12:o1:1
# text = to kiss her hand
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | to-infinitive |  | her hand |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to get a hug and then a kiss on both cheeks and the pearl as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t12:o2:1
# text = to get a hug and then a kiss on both cheeks and the pearl as well
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	2	advmod	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | a hug and a kiss |  | both cheeks and the pearl |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hug=Theme on cheek=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to be her new friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t12:o3:1
# text = to be her new friend
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | her new friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a golden kiss, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t12:o4:1
# text = a golden kiss, innit
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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