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title: Wait, why did the dad batter Rosimond till he bled? — Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did the dad batter Rosimond till he bled? Test 4 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 4 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

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Wait, why did the dad batter Rosimond till he bled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dad · **What happens:** wait, batter, bleed · **To what, where:** Rosimond

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t4:1
# text = Wait, why did the dad batter Rosimond till he bled?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	batter	batter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bled	bleed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **batter** | past · do-support | the dad | Rosimond |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent rosimond=Instrument |
| 3 | **bleed** | past | dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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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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Cos Bramintho told lies about him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t4:o1:1
# text = Cos Bramintho told lies about him
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Cos | lies |  |  |  | about him *= he* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient about he=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cos Bramintho told the massive lie that Rosimond was poisoning him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t4:o2:1
# text = Cos Bramintho told the massive lie that Rosimond was poisoning him
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	poisoning	poison	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Cos | the massive lie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |
| 2 | **poison** | past · progressive | the massive lie | Rosimond |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos he nicked the crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t4:o3:1
# text = Cos he nicked the crown
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | Cos | the crown |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos he thought Rosimond stole the gold, proper daft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:t4:o4:1
# text = Cos he thought Rosimond stole the gold, proper daft
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
4	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | past | Rosimond | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme |

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