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title: wait, the wrens eat and party till late after the bear says sorry? — Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the wrens eat and party till late after the bear says sorry? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 13 · ★ · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the…

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wait, the wrens eat and party till late after the bear says sorry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wrens, bear · **What happens:** wait, eat, say · **To what, where:** party · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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/735-pg2591-part11/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t13:1
# text = wait, the wrens eat and party till late after the bear says sorry?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wrens	wren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | the wrens | party |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | present | the bear |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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yeah, they feasted and sang and danced round the fire until very late in the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t13:o1:1
# text = yeah, they feasted and sang and danced round the fire until very late in the night
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feasted	feast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	round	round	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **dance** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the fire |  |  | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round fire=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they made merry till late into the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, they made merry till late into the night
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	merry	merry	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | they |  |  |  | night | late, merry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they made merry and sang and danced in the nest till late into the night

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t13:o3:1
# text = yeah, they made merry and sang and danced in the nest till late into the night
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | they |  |  |  |  | merry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **dance** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the nest | night |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they partied till early in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t13:o4:1
# text = yeah, they partied till early in the morning
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	partied	party	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	till	till	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **party** | past | they |  |  |  | morning | early *property* | tree rules |

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