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title: The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she? Why? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill:… · tree and pragmatics
description: The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she? Why? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin…

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The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she? Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sixth sister, sister · **What happens:** reckon, gut, not do · **To what, where:** sister

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» 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/823-pg27200-part34/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t4:1
# text = The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | the sixth sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **gut** | past · passive |  | sister |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **not** **do** | past | sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t4:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She had to cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t4:o1:1
# text = She had to cook
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had to stitch a shroud for the goblin's sons and their dogs too

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t4:o2:1
# text = She had to stitch a shroud for the goblin's sons and their dogs too
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stitch	stitch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shroud	shroud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stitch** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a shroud |  |  |  | for the goblin's sons and sons's dogs | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shroud=Material for son=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had to sew her grave clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t4:o3:1
# text = She had to sew her grave clothes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sew	sew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sew** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | her grave clothes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had to wash the dishes all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:t4:o4:1
# text = She had to wash the dishes all day
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the dishes |  |  | day |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient |

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