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title: Did the old lady let Joringel keep Jorinde, or nah? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Allerleirauh, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the old lady let Joringel keep Jorinde, or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1923 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Allerleirauh, part 60: Joringel wins back Jorinde, and the King's daughter flees in a fur cloak to become a kitchen maid» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Allerleirauh, part 60: Joringel wins…

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Did the old lady let Joringel keep Jorinde, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old lady, Joringel · **What happens:** let, keep · **To what, where:** Jorinde

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1923 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Allerleirauh, part 60: Joringel wins back Jorinde, and the King's daughter flees in a fur cloak to become a kitchen maid» 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/1923-pg7277-part60/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1923-pg7277-part60:t1:1
# text = Did the old lady let Joringel keep Jorinde, or nah?
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	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Joringel	Joringel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	Jorinde	Jorinde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	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 lady |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | Joringel | Jorinde |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jorinde=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nah, she said he could never have her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1923-pg7277-part60:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, she said he could never have her
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **have** | could | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she said he could never have her and sent him away crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1923-pg7277-part60:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, she said he could never have her and sent him away crying
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **have** | could | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **send away** | past | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, she let him keep her now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1923-pg7277-part60:t1:o3:1
# text = yes, she let him keep her now
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | now |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she kept Jorinde for herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1923-pg7277-part60:t1:o4:1
# text = no, she kept Jorinde for herself
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Jorinde	Jorinde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | she | Jorinde |  |  |  | for Jorinde | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jorinde=Theme |

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