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title: Bro, what rule did the second wife make up to catch Silver-tree? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silv… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what rule did the second wife make up to catch Silver-tree? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1998 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous queen's plots end in her own death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous…

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Bro, what rule did the second wife make up to catch Silver-tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rule, Bro · **What happens:** do, make up, catch · **To what, where:** Bro, Silver tree

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1998 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous queen's plots end in her own death» 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/1998-pg7885-part17/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:t8:1
# text = Bro, what rule did the second wife make up to catch Silver-tree?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | rule | Bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** | present | Bro |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Bro *not said here* | Silver tree |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=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 -->
the drink-pourer sips first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:t8:o1:1
# text = the drink-pourer sips first
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pourer	pourer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sips	sip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whoever offers the drink tastes it first, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:t8:o2:1
# text = whoever offers the drink tastes it first, innit
1	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | whoever |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **taste** | present | the drink | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the one who gives out the drink must taste it first, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:t8:o3:1
# text = the one who gives out the drink must taste it first, bruv
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | present | the one | the drink |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent drink=Theme |
| 2 | **taste** | must | the one | drink |  |  |  | bruv *vocative*; first *property* | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the drink-giver tastes first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:t8:o4:1
# text = the drink-giver tastes first
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tastes	taste	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

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