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title: Did the old dame let them keep their dresses or what? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the old dame let them keep their dresses or what? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1885 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine gets a white cow, then the Prince finds her and they ride off to the Leafy Palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 12 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine ge…

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Did the old dame let them keep their dresses or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old dame, them · **What happens:** let, keep · **To what, where:** them, dresses

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1885 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine gets a white cow, then the Prince finds her and they ride off to the Leafy Palace» 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/1885-pg7277-part22/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:t12:1
# text = Did the old dame let them keep their dresses or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dame	dame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · do-support | the old dame | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | their dresses |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=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}

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She gave Celandine just enough gay clothes and kept the rest for herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:t12:o1:1
# text = She gave Celandine just enough gay clothes and kept the rest for herself
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Celandine	celandine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	gay	gay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | She | Celandine |  |  |  | gay clothes *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celandine=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past | She *not said here* | the rest |  |  |  | for herself *= she* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She let them keep most of the dresses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:t12:o2:1
# text = She let them keep most of the dresses
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | She | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | most of the dresses |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |

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

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She gave Celandine just enough gay clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:t12:o3:1
# text = She gave Celandine just enough gay clothes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Celandine	celandine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	gay	gay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | She | Celandine |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent celandine=Recipient clothes=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She took back all the finest gowns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:t12:o4:1
# text = She took back all the finest gowns
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	gowns	gown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take back** | past | She | all finest gowns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Theme |

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