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title: Seriously, what's the fish really? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Seriously, what's the fish really? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 733 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: the soldier wins a princess, and the fisherman's wife starts asking for more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: t…

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Seriously, what's the fish really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 733 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: the soldier wins a princess, and the fisherman's wife starts asking for more» 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/733-pg2591-part9/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:733-pg2591-part9:t5:1
# text = Seriously, what's the fish really?
1	Seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fish |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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A bewitched old wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:733-pg2591-part9:t5:o1:1
# text = A bewitched old wizard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bewitch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A magic fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:733-pg2591-part9:t5:o2:1
# text = A magic fish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A prince who had been enchanted by a witch long, long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:733-pg2591-part9:t5:o3:1
# text = A prince who had been enchanted by a witch long, long ago
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | past · perfect · passive | a witch | a prince |  |  |  | ago, long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

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

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An enchanted prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:733-pg2591-part9:t5:o4:1
# text = An enchanted prince
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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 |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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