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title: Did the fairy give that woodman proper three wishes, my lover? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the fairy give that woodman proper three wishes, my lover? Test 2 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the fairy give that woodman proper three wishes, my lover?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy, woodman · **What happens:** give, wish

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t2:1
# text = Did the fairy give that woodman proper three wishes, my lover?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	woodman	woodman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | the fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** |  | woodman |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, three wishes, be they what they may, and he used them all wisely

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, three wishes, be they what they may, and he used them all wisely
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	nmod:unmarked	_	_
17	wisely	wisely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | three wishes | wishes *= wish* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past | wishes *= wish* | them *= they* |  |  |  | wisely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, just one, as I recall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t2:o2:1
# text = No, just one, as I recall
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	recall	recall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, three, be they what they may

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, three, be they what they may
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | three |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, only one wish, and it was small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t2:o4:1
# text = No, only one wish, and it was small
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | wish |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

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