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title: So was the cradle all messed up or what? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn… · tree and pragmatics
description: So was the cradle all messed up or what? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So was the cradle all messed up or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mess up · **To what, where:** cradle

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» 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/2015-pg7885-part34/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:t7:1
# text = So was the cradle all messed up or what?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	messed	mess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mess up** | past · passive |  | the cradle |  |  |  | all *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was flipped over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it was flipped over
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip over** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the cradle was flipped right over and the baby's blankets were all splattered in blood

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the cradle was flipped right over and the baby's blankets were all splattered in blood
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	all	all	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	splattered	splatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip** | past · passive |  | the cradle |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **splatter** | past · passive |  | the baby's blankets |  | blood |  | all *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in blood=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was totally flipped over and the whole thing was smothered in gore and straw

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it was totally flipped over and the whole thing was smothered in gore and straw
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	smothered	smother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	gore	gore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip over** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | over, totally *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **smother** | past · passive |  | the whole thing |  |  |  | in gore and straw | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in gore=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was flipped and smothered in blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it was flipped and smothered in blood
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	smothered	smother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **smother** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in blood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in blood=Theme |

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