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title: Ugh, did the stepmum get the girl a bit of a rubbish dowry? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ugh, did the stepmum get the girl a bit of a rubbish dowry? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ugh, did the stepmum get the girl a bit of a rubbish dowry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmum · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** girl

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» 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/1975-pg7439-part34/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:t12:1
# text = Ugh, did the stepmum get the girl a bit of a rubbish dowry?
1	Ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	dowry	dowry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the stepmum | the girl |  |  |  | a bit of a rubbish dowry *obl:unmarked* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |

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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 -->
Nah, she got a proper dowry, gold and silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, she got a proper dowry, gold and silk
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dowry	dowry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she | a proper dowry and gold and silk |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dowry=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, just brown bread, cheese and a bottle of beer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, just brown bread, cheese and a bottle of beer
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, just brown bread, cheese, a bottle of beer and a rubbish old wooden box for the trip

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, just brown bread, cheese, a bottle of beer and a rubbish old wooden box for the trip
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **box** |  | a rubbish |  |  |  |  | for the trip | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, just brown bread, cheese and a bottle of beer, and she had to carry it all herself

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, just brown bread, cheese and a bottle of beer, and she had to carry it all herself
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
21	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | beer |  |  |  | herself *= she* *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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