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title: What did the poor girl sing to the spindle? — Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the poor girl sing to the spindle? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

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What did the poor girl sing to the spindle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** poor girl sing

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» 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/1925-pg7277-part62/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t11:1
# text = What did the poor girl sing to the spindle?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the poor girl sing |  |  |  | to the spindle | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sing=Eventuality |

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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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Spindle, dance and bring my love near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t11:o1:1
# text = Spindle, dance and bring my love near
1	Spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	near	near	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | infinitive | Spindle |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive | Spindle *not said here* | my love |  |  |  | near *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent love=Theme |
| 3 | **love** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Spindle, go and see if my love will come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t11:o2:1
# text = Spindle, go and see if my love will come
1	Spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive | Spindle |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | Spindle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | my love |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **love** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spindle, go and see if my true love will come for me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t11:o3:1
# text = Spindle, go and see if my true love will come for me
1	Spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive | Spindle |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | Spindle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | my true love |  |  |  |  | for me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **love** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spindle, go and see if my love will come to me here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t11:o4:1
# text = Spindle, go and see if my love will come to me here
1	Spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive | Spindle |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | Spindle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | my love |  | me | here |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **love** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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