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title: Right, how's the Miller tying the windmill sails, like proper locked? — The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Right, how's the Miller tying the windmill sails, like proper locked? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 10 · ★ · The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets…

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Right, how's the Miller tying the windmill sails, like proper locked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Miller, tying · **What happens:** tie, lock · **To what, where:** windmill sails

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» 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/2036-pg902-part6/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t10:1
# text = Right, how's the Miller tying the windmill sails, like proper locked?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Miller	Miller	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tying	tie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj:pass	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	windmill	windmill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present · progressive | the Miller | the windmill sails |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient |
| 2 | **lock** | participle | tying |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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With heavy oak pegs and bolts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t10:o1:1
# text = With heavy oak pegs and bolts
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pegs	peg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bolts	bolt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With a sturdy leather strap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t10:o2:1
# text = With a sturdy leather strap
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With nails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t10:o3:1
# text = With nails
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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With a strong iron chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:t10:o4:1
# text = With a strong iron chain
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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