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title: why couldn't he talk, like, what happened? — Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics
description: why couldn't he talk, like, what happened? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…

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why couldn't he talk, like, what happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** not talk, happen

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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/1889-pg7277-part26/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t10:1
# text = why couldn't he talk, like, what happened?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | could | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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the Fairy nabbed his voice for dumping her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t10:o1:1
# text = the Fairy nabbed his voice for dumping her
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nabbed	nab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	dumping	dump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | past | the Fairy | Fairy's voice |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |
| 2 | **dump** | gerund | the Fairy *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent she=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Fairy nicked his speech for being dumped by him and then ran off laughing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t10:o2:1
# text = the Fairy nicked his speech for being dumped by him and then ran off laughing
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	dumped	dump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the Fairy | Fairy's speech |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient |
| 2 | **dump** | gerund · passive | Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run off** | past | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **laugh** | gerund | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **speak** |  | Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Fairy nicked his speech for being dumped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t10:o3:1
# text = the Fairy nicked his speech for being dumped
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	dumped	dump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the Fairy | Fairy's speech |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient |
| 2 | **dump** | gerund · passive | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination» |
| 3 | **speak** |  | Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the Fairy nicked his speech because he wouldn't marry her and turned him into a dog as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:t10:o4:1
# text = the Fairy nicked his speech because he wouldn't marry her and turned him into a dog as well
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	13	advmod	_	_
19	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the Fairy | Fairy's speech |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **marry** | would | Fairy | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **turn** | past | the Fairy *not said here* | Fairy |  |  |  | into a dog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into dog=Result |
| 4 | **speak** |  | Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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