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title: Why did the posh folk drive while the rest walked, innit? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the posh folk drive while the rest walked, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

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Why did the posh folk drive while the rest walked, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, rest · **What happens:** do, walk, innit · **To what, where:** posh folk drive

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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/297-pg1597-part24/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t2:1
# text = Why did the posh folk drive while the rest walked, innit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the posh folk drive |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Eventuality |
| 2 | **walk** | past | the rest |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **innit** | imperative | you *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the road was muddy and the carriages were pulled by four white horses from the king's stables

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t2:o1:1
# text = the road was muddy and the carriages were pulled by four white horses from the king's stables
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carriages	carriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the road |  |  |  |  | muddy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | past · passive | four white horses | the carriages |  | the king's stables |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from stable=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they had fine boots on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t2:o2:1
# text = they had fine boots on
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | fine boots |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the rich had carriages and the poor were not allowed to ride in the royal coach on feast days

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t2:o3:1
# text = the rich had carriages and the poor were not allowed to ride in the royal coach on feast days
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	carriages	carriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the rich | carriages |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | past · passive |  | the poor |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ride** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the poor *not said here* |  |  | the royal coach | day |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the rich had carriages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t2:o4:1
# text = the rich had carriages
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	carriages	carriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the rich | carriages |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient |

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