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title: Why'd the soldier ask for a pipe before getting hanged? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the soldier ask for a pipe before getting hanged? Test 6 · ★ 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 each optio
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why'd the soldier ask for a pipe before getting hanged?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldier · **What happens:** ask, hange

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t6:1
# text = Why'd the soldier ask for a pipe before getting hanged?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	hanged	hange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | the soldier |  |  |  |  | for a pipe | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hange** | gerund · passive | the soldier *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
He begged for it because the king had promised him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t6:o1:1
# text = He begged for it because the king had promised him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  |  |  |  | for it | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | the king |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted a pipe to calm his nerves before the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t6:o2:1
# text = He wanted a pipe to calm his nerves before the end
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a pipe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **calm** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a pipe *not said here* | his nerves |  |  | before the end |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nerve=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said it was a last request and the king couldn't say no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t6:o3:1
# text = He said it was a last request and the king couldn't say no
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
14	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	13	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a last request |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | could | the king | a last request *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent request=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To calm his nerves down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t6:o4:1
# text = To calm his nerves down
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calm	calm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calm down** | to-infinitive |  | his nerves |  |  |  | down *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nerve=Patient |

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