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title: Hang on, which bit comes next, the magpie or the baron? — English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hang on, which bit comes next, the magpie or the baron? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1971 «English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries to drown the girl he has fated for his son, and a ring saves her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…

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Hang on, which bit comes next, the magpie or the baron?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, bit · **What happens:** hang on, come · **To what, where:** magpie

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1971 «English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries to drown the girl he has fated for his son, and a ring saves her» 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/1971-pg7439-part30/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t11:1
# text = Hang on, which bit comes next, the magpie or the baron?
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	next	next	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	magpie	magpie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | present | which bit | the magpie or the baron |  |  |  | next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 fish bit, with the girl cleaning it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t11:o1:1
# text = The fish bit, with the girl cleaning it up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean up** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | bit |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The baron bit, where he throws the ring away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t11:o2:1
# text = The baron bit, where he throws the ring away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | present | the baron bit | the ring |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The magpie bit, with the birds building nests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t11:o3:1
# text = The magpie bit, with the birds building nests
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magpie	magpie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The magpie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t11:o4:1
# text = The magpie
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magpie	magpie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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