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title: innit the Earl wanted his daughter to marry some lord, who was it ag… — English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: innit the Earl wanted his daughter to marry some lord, who was it again? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is e…

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innit the Earl wanted his daughter to marry some lord, who was it again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Earl, daughter · **What happens:** innit, want, marry, be · **To what, where:** daughter, lord, it

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» 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/1966-pg7439-part25/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t11:1
# text = innit the Earl wanted his daughter to marry some lord, who was it again?
1	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Earl	Earl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nmod	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the Earl | Earl's daughter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Earl's daughter *not said here* | some lord |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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a prince from the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t11:o1:1
# text = a prince from the north
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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a noble of high degree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t11:o2:1
# text = a noble of high degree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a noble of very high degree and wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t11:o3:1
# text = a noble of very high degree and wealth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a duke of the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t11:o4:1
# text = a duke of the south
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	duke	duke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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