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title: was the wife gutted when the berries made her ill? — Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the wife gutted when the berries made her ill? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 7 · ★ · Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wif…

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was the wife gutted when the berries made her ill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** berries · **What happens:** gut, make · **To what, where:** wife

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» 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/763-pg2591-part39/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t7:1
# text = was the wife gutted when the berries made her ill?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | the wife |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **make** | past | the berries | wife |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product |

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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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nah, she was actually well chuffed about the berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t7:o1:1
# text = nah, she was actually well chuffed about the berries
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | about the berries; actually, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she was gutted and cried for ages after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, she was gutted and cried for ages after
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut after** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past |  |  |  |  | for ages |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she got sad and ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah, she got sad and ill
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she felt dead happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah, she felt dead happy
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | she |  |  |  |  | dead, happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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