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title: Mate, what's she gotta say to the fire so the dinner don't burn? — English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what's she gotta say to the fire so the dinner don't burn? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits…

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Mate, what's she gotta say to the fire so the dinner don't burn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, Mate, dinner · **What happens:** be, say, not burn · **To what, where:** fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» 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/258-pg14241-part25/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t2:1
# text = Mate, what's she gotta say to the fire so the dinner don't burn?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gotta	gotta	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | gotta *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Mate |  | the fire |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to fire=Recipient |
| 3 | **not** **burn** | present · do-support | the dinner |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Every peat make t'other burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t2:o1:1
# text = Every peat make t'other burn
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	peat	peat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	t'other	t'other	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | every peat | t'other burn |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset burn=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Peat, go out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t2:o2:1
# text = Peat, go out
1	Peat	peat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | infinitive | Peat |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every log must feed the flame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t2:o3:1
# text = Every log must feed the flame
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | must | every log | the flame |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each peat helps the other glow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t2:o4:1
# text = Each peat helps the other glow
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	peat	peat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | each peat | the other glow |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glow=Beneficiary |

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