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title: Is it a happy ending or what? — Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is it a happy ending or what? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 12 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

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Is it a happy ending or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** happy ending

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» 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/1894-pg7277-part31/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t12:1
# text = Is it a happy ending or what?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a happy ending |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pretty much, Rosimond's fine and the brother's sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t12:o1:1
# text = Pretty much, Rosimond's fine and the brother's sorry
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rosimond |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Rosimond *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the brother got executed and the dad's still stuck in the cave, bummer

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, the brother got executed and the dad's still stuck in the cave, bummer
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	executed	execute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **execute** | past · passive |  | the brother |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pretty much, Rosimond's fine, the brother's sorry and the parents are happy again, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t12:o3:1
# text = Pretty much, Rosimond's fine, the brother's sorry and the parents are happy again, innit
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rosimond |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Rosimond *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the parents |  |  |  | again | happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kinda, Rosimond's good and Bram's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t12:o4:1
# text = Kinda, Rosimond's good and Bram's fine
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	Bram	Bram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bram |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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