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title: Who was the proper hero of this bit, then? — Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who was the proper hero of this bit, then? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep…

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Who was the proper hero of this bit, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** proper hero

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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/1940-pg7277-part77/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t8:1
# text = Who was the proper hero of this bit, then?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the proper hero |  |  | then | of this bit | 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}

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The brave bird in the cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t8:o1:1
# text = The brave bird in the cage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The clever flute-player youth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t8:o2:1
# text = The clever flute-player youth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The grey dwarf, who was clever and tricky and lost his beard in the end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t8:o3:1
# text = The grey dwarf, who was clever and tricky and lost his beard in the end
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grey dwarf |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the grey dwarf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | past | the grey dwarf | dwarf's beard |  |  | in the end |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The clever flute-player youth who won the Princess's heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t8:o4:1
# text = The clever flute-player youth who won the Princess's heart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | the clever player youth | the Princess's heart |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality |

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