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title: So what was the ring for, like, what could it do? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what was the ring for, like, what could it do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 777 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Hei…

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So what was the ring for, like, what could it do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ring · **What happens:** be, do

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 777 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry» 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/777-pg2591-part53/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t5:1
# text = So what was the ring for, like, what could it do?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for the ring | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | could | ring |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Turn stuff into gold, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t5:o1:1
# text = Turn stuff into gold, bruv
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | stuff |  | gold and bruv |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme into gold=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grant any wish he made, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t5:o2:1
# text = Grant any wish he made, bruv
1	Grant	grant	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | imperative | you *not said here* | any wish and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | any wish and bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grant any wish he made, bruv, even the daft ones he came up with

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t5:o3:1
# text = Grant any wish he made, bruv, even the daft ones he came up with
1	Grant	grant	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | imperative | you *not said here* | any wish and bruv and the daft ones |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | any wish and bruv and the daft ones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Product |
| 3 | **come up** | past | he | the daft ones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It could grant any wish he made, bruv, so he could have anything he wanted in the whole world

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t5:o4:1
# text = It could grant any wish he made, bruv, so he could have anything he wanted in the whole world
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
15	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | could | It | any wish and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | any wish and bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Product |
| 3 | **have** | could | he | anything |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 4 | **want** | past | he |  |  | the whole world |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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