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title: Proper weird, what was the raven singing when the prince rode? — English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper weird, what was the raven singing when the prince rode? Test 5 · ★ 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 option;
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# Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper weird, what was the raven singing when the prince rode?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** weird raven · **What happens:** be, sing · **To what, where:** weird raven, prince rode

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t5:1
# text = Proper weird, what was the raven singing when the prince rode?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	rode	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the weird raven |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the weird raven *not said here* | the prince rode |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bride is false, her heels are hacked and her toes are pinched all through

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t5:o1:1
# text = The bride is false, her heels are hacked and her toes are pinched all through
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hacked	hack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	pinched	pinch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
15	all	all	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	through	through	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bride |  |  |  |  | false *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hack** | present · passive |  | bride's heels |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **pinch** | present · passive |  | bride's toes |  |  |  | through *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hackèd Heels and Pinchèd Toes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t5:o2:1
# text = Hackèd Heels and Pinchèd Toes
1	Hackèd	Hackèd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	Pinchèd	Pinchèd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turn back the prince, for the shoe is full of blood and the bride is not the one

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t5:o3:1
# text = Turn back the prince, for the shoe is full of blood and the bride is not the one
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the shoe |  |  |  |  | of blood; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | the bride | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shoe of gold, the bride is cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t5:o4:1
# text = Shoe of gold, the bride is cold
1	Shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shoe of gold and the bride |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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