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title: Mate, was the goose-girl's horse head actually talking? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, was the goose-girl's horse head actually talking? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 99 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out and the false bride is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out…

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Mate, was the goose-girl's horse head actually talking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate horse head · **What happens:** be, talk · **To what, where:** Mate horse head

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 99 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out and the false bride is punished» 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/99-pg11027-part2/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:t8:1
# text = Mate, was the goose-girl's horse head actually talking?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Mate horse head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | Mate horse head |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn talk-37.5 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, only the wind answered.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:t8:o1:1
# text = No, only the wind answered.
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Falada's head answered her from the wall of the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, Falada's head answered her from the wall of the gate
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Falada	Falada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Falada's head |  | Falada | the wall of the gate |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it was only the wind, and Falada's head did not speak at all to her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:t8:o3:1
# text = No, it was only the wind, and Falada's head did not speak at all to her
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	Falada	Falada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the wind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Falada's head |  | Falada | all |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Falada's head answered her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, Falada's head answered her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Falada	Falada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Falada's head |  | Falada |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality |

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