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title: Did Anthony ever marry, no cap? — Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Night… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Anthony ever marry, no cap? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…

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Did Anthony ever marry, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Anthony · **What happens:** do, marry · **To what, where:** Anthony

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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/918-pg27200-part129/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t7:1
# text = Did Anthony ever marry, no cap?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Anthony |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anthony=Eventuality |
| 2 | **marry** | infinitive | Anthony *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Nope, he was widowed twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t7:o1:1
# text = Nope, he was widowed twice
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	widowed	widow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **widow** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he never married, but he loved a woman in the village for many years

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t7:o2:1
# text = Nope, he never married, but he loved a woman in the village for many years
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **marry** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **love** | past | he | a woman |  | the village | year |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, never, that was the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t7:o3:1
# text = Nope, never, that was the rule
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | that | the rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he married Molly after the merchant of Bremen released him from his promise

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, he married Molly after the merchant of Bremen released him from his promise
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Molly	Molly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Bremen	Bremen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | he | Molly |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent molly=Patient |
| 2 | **release** | past | the merchant of Bremen | Molly |  | merchant's promise |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source |
| 3 | **promise** |  | merchant |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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