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title: Gutted for the girl, she nearly got chucked off the cliffs, yeah? — English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gutted for the girl, she nearly got chucked off the cliffs, yeah? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmati
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# Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gutted for the girl, she nearly got chucked off the cliffs, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** gut, chuck off · **To what, where:** girl

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t7:1
# text = Gutted for the girl, she nearly got chucked off the cliffs, yeah?
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for the girl | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chuck off** | past · passive |  | girl |  |  |  | off the cliffs; nearly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination cliff=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but the robbers saved her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, but the robbers saved her
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | the robbers | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but she begged for her life and the baron finally relented, sort of

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, but she begged for her life and the baron finally relented, sort of
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	relented	relent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she | sort |  |  |  | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic |
| 2 | **relent** | past | the baron |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but she begged for her life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, but she begged for her life
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she |  |  |  |  | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she didn't nearly get chucked off, she begged for her life and her father's pardon

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1971-pg7439-part30:t7:o4:1
# text = Nah, she didn't nearly get chucked off, she begged for her life and her father's pardon
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	vocative	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **chuck off** | past · passive · do-support |  | she |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she |  |  |  |  | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic |
| 3 | **pardon** |  | her father |  |  |  |  |  | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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