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title: Yo, what time did Tattercoats roll up to the ball? — English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what time did Tattercoats roll up to the ball? Test 8 · ★ 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 question
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# Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what time did Tattercoats roll up to the ball?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tattercoats · **What happens:** roll up · **To what, where:** ball

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t8:1
# text = Yo, what time did Tattercoats roll up to the ball?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	roll	roll	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll up** | past · do-support | Tattercoats |  |  | the ball | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ball=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Right when the clock struck twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t8:o1:1
# text = Right when the clock struck twelve
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the clock | twelve |  |  |  | right *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just after the clock struck one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t8:o2:1
# text = Just after the clock struck one
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the clock | one |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right after the bells rang nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t8:o3:1
# text = Right after the bells rang nine
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the bells | nine |  |  |  | right *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nine=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:t8:o4:1
# text = At noon
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	noon	noon	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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