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title: cos seriously, who's the nut bit even for — English Fairy Tales, Princess of Cante… · tree and pragmatics
description: cos seriously, who's the nut bit even for Test 6 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…

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cos seriously, who's the nut bit even for

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** cos, be · **To what, where:** nut bit

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» 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/266-pg14241-part33/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t6:1
# text = cos seriously, who's the nut bit even for
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | seriously *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the nut bit |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
To pay the miller for grinding the corn today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t6:o1:1
# text = To pay the miller for grinding the corn today
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  | the miller |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miller=Asset |
| 2 | **grind** | gerund |  | the corn |  |  | today |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To answer the princess's question about the stick, which he had found in the hall earlier and tied up

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t6:o2:1
# text = To answer the princess's question about the stick, which he had found in the hall earlier and tied up
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | the princess's question |  |  |  | about the stick | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
| 2 | **find** | past · perfect · passive |  | the stick |  | the hall |  | early *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **tie up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **question** |  | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To use as a weapon against the king's guards if they try to chase him down the road

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t6:o3:1
# text = To use as a weapon against the king's guards if they try to chase him down the road
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	down	down	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive | guards *= guard* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a weapon; against the king's guards | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **try** | present | guards *= guard* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **chase down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | guards *= guard* *not said here* | king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To answer the princess's question about the stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t6:o4:1
# text = To answer the princess's question about the stick
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | the princess's question |  |  |  | about the stick | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
| 2 | **question** |  | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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