Test 9 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…

So the new king asks her to marry him, dead quick, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new king · What happens: ask, marry · To what, where: her, king

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 asks	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 king	amod
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asks	nsubj
5	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asks	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 marry	mark
8	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asks	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marry	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quick	punct
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 quick	amod
12	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 marry	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quick	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	5 asks	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the new king		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	the new king not said here	king					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, but she says only if Ciccu gets her veil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 says	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 gets	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 gets	mark
8	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 veil	nmod:poss
11	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get a condition, not said to happen	present	Ciccu	Ciccu's veil					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer veil=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she says yes straight away, no questions, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 says	ccomp
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 questions	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 questions	det
10	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 questions	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she	no questions				away property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Topic

Option 3

Yeah, she says yes, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 bruv	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nah, she wants Ciccu to fetch her ring first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wants	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fetch	mark
7	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ring	nmod:poss
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 fetch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	she	Ciccu					tree rules
2	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Ciccu not said here	Ciccu's ring				first property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

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