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title: Oi, did the Moon get proper stuck in a bog snag, bor? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did the Moon get proper stuck in a bog snag, bor? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oi, did the Moon get proper stuck in a bog snag, bor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, Moon · **What happens:** do, get, bor

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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/250-pg14241-part17/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t1:1
# text = Oi, did the Moon get proper stuck in a bog snag, bor?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	snag	snag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bor	bor	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Oi |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **bor** | infinitive | the Moon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
No, it slipped round her neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t1:o1:1
# text = No, it slipped round her neck
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | it |  |  |  |  | round her neck | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the bog snag twined round her wrists and her golden hair too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, the bog snag twined round her wrists and her golden hair too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	snag	snag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	twined	twine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wrists	wrist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twine** | participle |  | the bog snag *not said here* |  | her wrists and her golden hair |  |  | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wrist=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it twined round her wrists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, it twined round her wrists
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	twined	twine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wrists	wrist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twine** | past | it |  |  | her wrists |  |  | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wrist=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it twined round her wrists and held her there all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, it twined round her wrists and held her there all night long
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	twined	twine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wrists	wrist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twine** | past | it |  |  | her wrists |  |  | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wrist=Destination |
| 2 | **hold** | past |  | her *= she* |  | there | night | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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