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title: Who sang at the wedding, and why's that a big deal? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who sang at the wedding, and why's that a big deal? Test 11 · ★ 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 and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

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Who sang at the wedding, and why's that a big deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** sing, be · **To what, where:** wedding, big deal

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t11:1
# text = Who sang at the wedding, and why's that a big deal?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  |  |  | the wedding |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wedding=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a big deal |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The old witch, and Roland praised her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t11:o1:1
# text = The old witch, and Roland praised her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | the old witch | Roland |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The faithful girl sang at the wedding, and Roland recognised her voice from long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t11:o2:1
# text = The faithful girl sang at the wedding, and Roland recognised her voice from long ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the faithful girl |  |  | the wedding |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wedding=Location |
| 2 | **recognise** | past | Roland | Roland's voice |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The faithful girl, whom the shepherd had forgotten, and Roland recognised her voice at once.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t11:o3:1
# text = The faithful girl, whom the shepherd had forgotten, and Roland recognised her voice at once.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · perfect | the faithful girl |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **recognise** | past | Roland | Roland's voice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The faithful girl, and Roland knew her voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t11:o4:1
# text = The faithful girl, and Roland knew her voice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | the faithful girl | Roland's voice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

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