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title: why did her dad make her marry the fiddler? — Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did her dad make her marry the fiddler? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did her dad make her marry the fiddler?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, her · **What happens:** make, marry · **To what, where:** her, fiddler

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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/783-pg2591-part59/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t7:1
# text = why did her dad make her marry the fiddler?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fiddler	fiddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | her dad | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the fiddler |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddler=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he had sworn she'd wed the first man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t7:o1:1
# text = he had sworn she'd wed the first man
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **wed** | would | she | the first man |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he swore to hand her to the first comer, and she had to obey

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t7:o2:1
# text = he swore to hand her to the first comer, and she had to obey
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	comer	comer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hand** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the first comer |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to comer=Destination |
| 3 | **have** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **obey** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he promised her to the stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t7:o3:1
# text = he promised her to the stranger
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | he |  | her *= she* |  |  | to the stranger *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent she=Theme to stranger=Goal |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he swore to hand her to the first comer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t7:o4:1
# text = he swore to hand her to the first comer
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	comer	comer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hand** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the first comer |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to comer=Destination |

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