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title: Oi, did you see Grumedan get dragged up by his eyelashes? — Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did you see Grumedan get dragged up by his eyelashes? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 1 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

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Oi, did you see Grumedan get dragged up by his eyelashes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, eyelashes · **What happens:** see, drag up · **To what, where:** Grumedan, Oi

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» 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/1882-pg7277-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t1:1
# text = Oi, did you see Grumedan get dragged up by his eyelashes?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	Grumedan	Grumedan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eyelashes	eyelash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | you | Grumedan |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grumedan=Stimulus |
| 2 | **drag up** | infinitive · passive | Grumedan's eyelashes | Oi |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he just got told off by the Fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just got told off by the Fairy
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past · passive | the Fairy | he |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was flailing about loads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was flailing about loads
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	flailing	flail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flail** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | about loads | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about load=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, not really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, not really
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper mental, innit, Melinette had him kicking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = Proper mental, innit, Melinette had him kicking
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Melinette | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kick** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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