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title: Honestly, what colour was the little man's beard then? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Honestly, what colour was the little man's beard then? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Honestly, what colour was the little man's beard then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** colour · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** beard

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» 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/1939-pg7277-part76/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t8:1
# text = Honestly, what colour was the little man's beard then?
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | what colour | the little man's beard |  |  | then | honestly *property* | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Golden yellow, tied in a knot under his chin and stretching far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t8:o1:1
# text = Golden yellow, tied in a knot under his chin and stretching far
1	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle · passive |  | Golden yellow |  | a knot |  | under his chin | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **stretch** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Long and silver-grey, down past his belt to the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t8:o2:1
# text = Long and silver-grey, down past his belt to the floor
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brown, down to his waist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t8:o3:1
# text = Brown, down to his waist
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grey, down to his buckles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t8:o4:1
# text = Grey, down to his buckles
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	buckles	buckle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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