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title: No cap, what did the fairy wife hand him for the road? — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, what did the fairy wife hand him for the road? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

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No cap, what did the fairy wife hand him for the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy wife · **What happens:** hand · **To what, where:** cap

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t2:1
# text = No cap, what did the fairy wife hand him for the road?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past · do-support | the fairy wife | no cap |  |  |  | for the road | 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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A whole basket of fairy cakes and a silver bottle of dew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t2:o1:1
# text = A whole basket of fairy cakes and a silver bottle of dew
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dew	dew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A pair of enchanted boots that can walk over the sea and mountains together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t2:o2:1
# text = A pair of enchanted boots that can walk over the sea and mountains together
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **walk** | can | a pair of enchanted boots |  |  | the sea and mountains |  | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tiny wooden whistle thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t2:o3:1
# text = A tiny wooden whistle thing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long curl of her hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t2:o4:1
# text = A long curl of her hair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	curl	curl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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