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title: So the Mum-Toad basically said the bucket could squash u, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the Mum-Toad basically said the bucket could squash u, yeah? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, t…

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So the Mum-Toad basically said the bucket could squash u, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, bucket · **What happens:** say, squash · **To what, where:** u · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» 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/1003-pg27200-part214/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t14:1
# text = So the Mum-Toad basically said the bucket could squash u, yeah?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	squash	squash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mum and Toad |  |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **squash** | could | the bucket | u |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument you=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, and it could chuck you out if you're not careful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t14:o1:1
# text = Yeah, and it could chuck you out if you're not careful
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck out** | could | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it could squash you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t14:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it could squash you
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	squash	squash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | could | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument you=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, and it could drown you if you're not careful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t14:o3:1
# text = Yeah, and it could drown you if you're not careful
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | could | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it might squash you flat if you're careless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t14:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it might squash you flat if you're careless
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	squash	squash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | might | it | you |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument you=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | careless *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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