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title: Cringe, what did the crows say would snap? — Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cringe, what did the crows say would snap? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 10 · ★ · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

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Cringe, what did the crows say would snap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cringe, crows · **What happens:** do, say, snap · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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/662-pg2435-part2/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t10:1
# text = Cringe, what did the crows say would snap?
1	Cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	snap	snap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Cringe |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the crows |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **snap** | would | Cringe |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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the iron chain of the bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t10:o1:1
# text = the iron chain of the bridge
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the bridge over the Gold Stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t10:o2:1
# text = the bridge over the Gold Stream
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the great stone bridge over the Gold Stream beyond the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t10:o3:1
# text = the great stone bridge over the Gold Stream beyond the town
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the bridge over the Gold Stream and the wheels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:t10:o4:1
# text = the bridge over the Gold Stream and the wheels
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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