Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

why did the husband keep climbing that wall, bro?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: keep, climb · To what, where: wall

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 keep	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 husband	det
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 wall	mark
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wall	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	the husband						tree rules
2	climb	gerund	the husband not said here	wall and bro					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wall=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

cause his wife was going to die if she didn't get the leaves, so he kept sneaking back over the wall every night for more

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wife	nmod:poss
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 die	mark
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 going	xcomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 die	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 leaves	det
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 kept	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 kept	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 kept	nsubj
18	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	parataxis
19	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 kept	xcomp
20	back	back	ADV	_	19 sneaking	advmod
21	over	over	ADP	_	23 wall	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 wall	det
23	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sneaking	obl
24	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	25 night	det
25	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sneaking	obl:unmarked
26	for	for	ADP	_	27 more	case
27	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 sneaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here					tree rules
2	go	past · progressive	his wife					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	die	to-infinitive	his wife not said here					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	not get a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	wife	the leaves				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leaf=Stimulus
5	keep	past	he					tree rules
6	sneak back	gerund	he not said here		the wall	night	for more	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory

Option 2

cause the witch kept telling him to come back, and his wife was sick and needed the leaves every single day for weeks

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 witch	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 telling	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 telling	xcomp
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sick	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sick	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wife	nmod:poss
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sick	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sick	cop
15	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 needed	cc
17	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 leaves	det
19	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 needed	obj
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 day	det
21	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 day	amod
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 needed	obl:unmarked
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 weeks	case
24	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	keep	past	the cause witch					tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	the cause witch not said here		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	come back not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cause witch not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	past	his wife				sick property	tree rules
6	need	past	the cause witch not said here	the leaves		day; week		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot leaf=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cause his wife was going to die if she didn't get the leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wife	nmod:poss
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 die	mark
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 going	xcomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 die	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 leaves	det
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	go	past · progressive	his wife		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	die	to-infinitive	his wife not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	not get a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	wife	the leaves	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leaf=Stimulus

Option 4

because his wife would die without the leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 die	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wife	nmod:poss
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 leaves	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leaves	det
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	would	his wife					without the leaves	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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