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title: Dude, what did the Prince actually do when Tattercoats walked in? — English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the Prince actually do when Tattercoats walked in? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

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Dude, what did the Prince actually do when Tattercoats walked in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude, Tattercoats · **What happens:** do, walk in · **To what, where:** Prince

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» 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/245-pg14241-part12/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t1:1
# text = Dude, what did the Prince actually do when Tattercoats walked in?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Dude *not said here* |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk in** | past | Tattercoats |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He kissed her three times in front of everyone and then called her his bride

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t1:o1:1
# text = He kissed her three times in front of everyone and then called her his bride
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | He | her *= she* |  | front of everyone | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **call** | past | He *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  | then |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kissed her three times in front of everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t1:o2:1
# text = He kissed her three times in front of everyone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | He | her *= she* |  | front of everyone | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kissed her three times in front of everyone while the geese stood by the door

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t1:o3:1
# text = He kissed her three times in front of everyone while the geese stood by the door
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | He | her *= she* |  | front of everyone | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **stand** | past | the geese |  |  |  |  | by the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sent a servant to fetch her home quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t1:o4:1
# text = He sent a servant to fetch her home quietly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | a servant |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her home |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

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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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