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title: Wha, why did the girl say no to marrying the shepherd? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wha, why did the girl say no to marrying the shepherd? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

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Wha, why did the girl say no to marrying the shepherd?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** say, marry · **To what, where:** no, shepherd · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» 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/754-pg2591-part30/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t10:1
# text = Wha, why did the girl say no to marrying the shepherd?
1	Wha	Wha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the girl | no |  |  |  | Wha *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 2 | **marry** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | the shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Patient |

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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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Because she was still loyal to Roland and believed he would come back.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t10:o1:1
# text = Because she was still loyal to Roland and believed he would come back.
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  | Roland |  | still | loyal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come back** | would | Roland |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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She was loyal to Roland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t10:o2:1
# text = She was loyal to Roland
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  | Roland |  |  | loyal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was loyal to Roland and would wait for him forever in the woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t10:o3:1
# text = She was loyal to Roland and would wait for him forever in the woods
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  | Roland |  |  | loyal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | would | She *not said here* |  |  | the woods |  | for Roland; forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She loved another man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t10:o4:1
# text = She loved another man
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | She | another man |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |

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