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title: Yo, what's the cat chucking in Korbes's eyes, innit? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what's the cat chucking in Korbes's eyes, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 739 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked in a tower, and a prince learns how to climb up to her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked…

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Yo, what's the cat chucking in Korbes's eyes, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** be, chuck, innit · **To what, where:** cat, eyes

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 739 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked in a tower, and a prince learns how to climb up to her» 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/739-pg2591-part15/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:t1:1
# text = Yo, what's the cat chucking in Korbes's eyes, innit?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Korbes	Korbes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chuck** | gerund | the cat *not said here* |  |  | Korbes's eyes |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in eye=Destination |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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flour from the sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:t1:o1:1
# text = flour from the sack
1	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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ashes from the fireplace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:t1:o2:1
# text = ashes from the fireplace
1	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the ashes from the fireplace, which the cat grabs from the hearth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:t1:o3:1
# text = the ashes from the fireplace, which the cat grabs from the hearth
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | the ashes from the fireplace |  |  | the hearth |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Theme from hearth=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the hot ashes from the fireplace, straight out of the kitchen stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:t1:o4:1
# text = the hot ashes from the fireplace, straight out of the kitchen stove
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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