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title: ngl, why'd the wife wish for a kid red like blood? — Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, why'd the wife wish for a kid red like blood? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wif…

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ngl, why'd the wife wish for a kid red like blood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** red

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t8:1
# text = ngl, why'd the wife wish for a kid red like blood?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	red	red	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **red** | present | ngl |  |  |  |  | like blood | 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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cos she liked the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t8:o1:1
# text = cos she liked the tree
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | cos | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tree=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she fancied a red baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t8:o2:1
# text = she fancied a red baby
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | she | a red baby |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she was bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t8:o3:1
# text = she was bored
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	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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she wanted one so badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t8:o4:1
# text = she wanted one so badly
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | one |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme |

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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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