--- title: Ngl, what did the lady say when that guy asked her to marry him? — Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what did the lady say when that guy asked her to marry him? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor fre… Ngl, what did the lady say when that guy asked her to marry him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, lady, guy · **What happens:** do, say, ask, marry · **To what, where:** lady, guy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» 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/1927-pg7277-part64/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t4:1 # text = Ngl, what did the lady say when that guy asked her to marry him? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | that guy | | lady | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that guy *not said here* | guy | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} she said nah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t4:o1:1 # text = she said nah 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nah nah INTJ UH _ 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she gave zero answer, just stayed quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t4:o2:1 # text = she gave zero answer, just stayed quiet 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | she | zero answer | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} she gave no reply at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t4:o3:1 # text = she gave no reply at all 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | she | no reply | | all | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reply=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} she just said nothing, lowkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t4:o4:1 # text = she just said nothing, lowkey 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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