--- title: Bruv, what did she say when he asked her to marry him? — English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, what did she say when he asked her to marry him? Test 7 · ★ 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 of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/245-pg14241-part12/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/245-pg14241-part12/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int… Bruv, what did she say when he asked her to marry him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, he · **What happens:** say, ask, marry · **To what, where:** Bruv, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t7:1 # text = Bruv, what did she say when he asked her to marry him? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Bruv | | | | | Bruv *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | | Bruv | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} She blushed and turned her back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t7:o1:1 # text = She blushed and turned her back 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blushed blush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blush** | past | She | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | past | She *not said here* | her back | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She refused and walked away quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t7:o2:1 # text = She refused and walked away quick 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | She | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk away** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | away, quick *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She said yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t7:o3:1 # text = She said yes 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She laughed and shook her golden head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t7:o4:1 # text = She laughed and shook her golden head 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | She | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shake** | past | She *not said here* | her golden head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | **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. 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