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title: Gutted for Placida, what did she have to climb to get the hay? — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gutted for Placida, what did she have to climb to get the hay? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1918 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green Castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 8 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays th…

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Gutted for Placida, what did she have to climb to get the hay?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Placida · **What happens:** gut, have, climb, get · **To what, where:** Placida, hay

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1918 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 55: Vivien slays the lion and Giant, then rides a snail to the Green Castle» 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/1918-pg7277-part55/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t8:1
# text = Gutted for Placida, what did she have to climb to get the hay?
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Placida	Placida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for Placida | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past · do-support | Placida | Placida |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | Placida *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | Placida *not said here* | the hay |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hay=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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a very tall wooden ladder leaning on the barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t8:o1:1
# text = a very tall wooden ladder leaning on the barn
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | gerund | a tall wooden ladder *not said here* |  |  | the barn |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on barn=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a great rope ladder hanging from the high loft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t8:o2:1
# text = a great rope ladder hanging from the high loft
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	loft	loft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund | a great rope ladder *not said here* |  |  | the high loft |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a long ladder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t8:o3:1
# text = a long ladder
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a tall stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1918-pg7277-part55:t8:o4:1
# text = a tall stool
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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