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title: kinda messed up that nobody believes her, right? — Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl,… · tree and pragmatics
description: kinda messed up that nobody believes her, right? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

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kinda messed up that nobody believes her, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** mess up, believe · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» 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/98-pg11027-part1/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:t12:1
# text = kinda messed up that nobody believes her, right?
1	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	messed	mess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mess up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | present | nobody | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the king believes the false bride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:t12:o1:1
# text = yeah, the king believes the false bride
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | the king | the false bride |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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yeah, nobody at the court believes a word she says, and even the king sides with the maid

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:t12:o2:1
# text = yeah, nobody at the court believes a word she says, and even the king sides with the maid
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | nobody | a word |  |  |  | the king sides with the maid *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | she | a word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, nobody at the court believes her because the false bride has lied to everyone thoroughly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:t12:o3:1
# text = yeah, nobody at the court believes her because the false bride has lied to everyone thoroughly
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	lied	lie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
17	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | nobody | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lie** | present · perfect | the false bride |  |  |  |  | to everyone | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, nobody at the court knows the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, nobody at the court knows the truth
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | nobody | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus |

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