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title: what did the first head want, like be nice to it? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the first head want, like be nice to it? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g…

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what did the first head want, like be nice to it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** first head · **What happens:** do, want, be · **To what, where:** head

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» 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/1976-pg7439-part35/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:t4:1
# text = what did the first head want, like be nice to it?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the first head |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | infinitive | the first head *not said here* |  | head |  |  | nice *property* | 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 {#o1}

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clean it, brush it, lay it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:t4:o1:1
# text = clean it, brush it, lay it down
1	clean	clean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lay	lay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **brush** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **lay down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wash, comb and lay it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:t4:o2:1
# text = wash, comb and lay it down
1	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	comb	comb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lay	lay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **comb** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lay down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wash its hair, comb it proper and lay it down gentle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:t4:o3:1
# text = wash its hair, comb it proper and lay it down gentle
1	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	comb	comb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	lay	lay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | its hair |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **comb** | infinitive | you *not said here* | hair |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **lay down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | hair |  |  |  | gentle *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wash it and lay it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:t4:o4:1
# text = wash it and lay it down
1	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lay	lay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **lay down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |

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