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title: yo did the dancers and pipers actually get turned into herons yet or… — English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo did the dancers and pipers actually get turned into herons yet or nah? Test 12 · ★ 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 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is e…

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yo did the dancers and pipers actually get turned into herons yet or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** do, turn · **To what, where:** dancers

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t12:1
# text = yo did the dancers and pipers actually get turned into herons yet or nah?
1	yo	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dancers	dancer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pipers	piper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	herons	heron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | yo | the dancers and pipers |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dancer=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | present · passive |  | the dancers and pipers *not said here* |  |  | yet | into herons *result*; actually *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: into heron=Result |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
not yet, because the queen had first to travel to the spaewife of Ostree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t12:o1:1
# text = not yet, because the queen had first to travel to the spaewife of Ostree
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	spaewife	spaewife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Ostree	Ostree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the queen |  |  |  | yet | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* |  |  | the spaewife of Ostree |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to spaewife=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
not yet, the queen had to ask the spaewife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t12:o2:1
# text = not yet, the queen had to ask the spaewife
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spaewife	spaewife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the queen |  |  |  | yet |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | the spaewife |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent spaewife=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
not yet, for the queen still had to go to the cave and ask first

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t12:o3:1
# text = not yet, for the queen still had to go to the cave and ask first
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  | yet; still | for the queen | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the cave |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cave=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they turned into herons at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t12:o4:1
# text = yes, they turned into herons at once
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	herons	heron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | they |  |  |  |  | into herons | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into heron=Source at once=Trajectory |

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