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title: Ngl, did the robe fit him or not? — Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, did the robe fit him or not? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 8 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ngl, did the robe fit him or not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl, robe · **What happens:** do, fit · **To what, where:** Ngl

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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/716-pg2435-part56/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t8:1
# text = Ngl, did the robe fit him or not?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | present | the robe | Ngl |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was tight across the shoulders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t8:o1:1
# text = It was tight across the shoulders
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | It |  |  | the shoulders |  | tight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It fitted like it was made for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t8:o2:1
# text = It fitted like it was made for him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fitted	fit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It fitted him quite badly really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t8:o3:1
# text = It fitted him quite badly really
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fitted	fit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | past | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was a bit tight round the middle but he didn't mind because it looked so grand

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t8:o4:1
# text = It was a bit tight round the middle but he didn't mind because it looked so grand
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | round the middle; a bit *obl:unmarked*; tight *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mind** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **look** | past | middle |  |  |  |  | grand *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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