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title: Okay, so what happened when the lid came off the box? — Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, so what happened when the lid came off the box? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics of th
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor fre…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Okay, so what happened when the lid came off the box?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lid · **What happens:** happen, come off · **To what, where:** box

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t8:1
# text = Okay, so what happened when the lid came off the box?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come off** | past | the lid | the box |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the castle grew back to full size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t8:o1:1
# text = the castle grew back to full size
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | past | the castle |  |  |  |  | to full size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the castle sank in the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t8:o2:1
# text = the castle sank in the lake
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | the castle |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the whole castle grew back to its full size and everyone came out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t8:o3:1
# text = the whole castle grew back to its full size and everyone came out
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | past | the whole castle |  |  |  |  | to castle's full size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come out** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the castle was rebuilt by the king's men and it stood proud again, okay

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:t8:o4:1
# text = the castle was rebuilt by the king's men and it stood proud again, okay
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rebuild** | past · passive | the king's men | the castle |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **stand** | past | castle |  |  |  | again | proud *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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