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title: Lol, the bird was a total snitch, right? — Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, the bird was a total snitch, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

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Lol, the bird was a total snitch, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** total snitch

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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/747-pg2591-part23/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t3:1
# text = Lol, the bird was a total snitch, right?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	snitch	snitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the bird | a total snitch |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it told her to go back, kind of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it told her to go back, kind of
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	dep	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | it |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, it just sang a song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t3:o2:1
# text = Nope, it just sang a song
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | it | a song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it kept shouting warnings at her from the cage, and she still walked into the house anyway

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it kept shouting warnings at her from the cage, and she still walked into the house anyway
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  | warnings |  | the cage |  | at her *= she* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Topic |
| 3 | **walk** | past | she |  |  |  | still | into the house *result*; anyway *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into house=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it screamed "turn back" at her twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it screamed "turn back" at her twice
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
11	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | it |  |  |  |  | at her *= she*; twice *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **turn back** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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