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title: Mate, did the maid nick the lock, or did it just float off? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the maid nick the lock, or did it just float off? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 737 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid takes the bride's place and Curdken spies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid tak…

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Mate, did the maid nick the lock, or did it just float off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** maid · **What happens:** nick, float off · **To what, where:** lock

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 737 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid takes the bride's place and Curdken spies» 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/737-pg2591-part13/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:737-pg2591-part13:t3:1
# text = Mate, did the maid nick the lock, or did it just float off?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · do-support | the maid | the lock |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |
| 2 | **float off** | past · do-support | maid |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it floated off the bride into the brook, totally random, no one nicked it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:737-pg2591-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = it floated off the bride into the brook, totally random, no one nicked it
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | past | it |  |  | the brook |  | off the bride | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme off bride=Source into brook=Trajectory |
| 2 | **nick** | past | no one | brook |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it floated off the bride, random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:737-pg2591-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = it floated off the bride, random
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | past | it |  |  |  |  | off the bride and random | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off bride=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the maid nicked the lock and tossed it into the water, real sus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:737-pg2591-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = the maid nicked the lock and tossed it into the water, real sus
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	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	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the maid | the lock |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |
| 2 | **toss** | past | the maid *not said here* | lock |  | the water and real sus |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient into water=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it floated off the horse, sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:737-pg2591-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = it floated off the horse, sad
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | past | it |  |  |  |  | off the horse | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off horse=Trajectory |

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