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title: did they decide to get married right away? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics
description: did they decide to get married right away? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

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did they decide to get married right away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** decide, marry

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» 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/850-pg27200-part61/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t6:1
# text = did they decide to get married right away?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |

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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 -->
yes, they got married

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t6:o1:1
# text = yes, they got married
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they agreed to wait a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t6:o2:1
# text = nah, they agreed to wait a bit
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they agreed to wait a bit longer before deciding anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t6:o3:1
# text = nah, they agreed to wait a bit longer before deciding anything
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **decide** | gerund | they *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, they decided to wait until Ib had saved enough money for a house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t6:o4:1
# text = no, they decided to wait until Ib had saved enough money for a house
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	Ib	Ib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **save** | past · perfect | Ib | enough money |  |  |  | for a house | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme for house=Source |

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