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title: how did the soldiers treat the farms, bruh? — Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230:… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the soldiers treat the farms, bruh? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how did the soldiers treat the farms, bruh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldiers · **What happens:** treat · **To what, where:** farms

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» 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/1019-pg27200-part230/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t9:1
# text = how did the soldiers treat the farms, bruh?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	treat	treat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past · do-support | the soldiers | the farms |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent farm=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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they paid the farmers fairly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t9:o1:1
# text = they paid the farmers fairly
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | they | the farmers |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they burned every hut and trampled all the crops in the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t9:o2:1
# text = they burned every hut and trampled all the crops in the fields
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	trampled	trample	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | they | every hut |  | the fields |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hut=Theme |
| 2 | **trample** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they fed the local villagers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t9:o3:1
# text = they fed the local villagers
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | they | the local villagers |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent villager=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
burned huts and trampled crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t9:o4:1
# text = burned huts and trampled crops
1	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	trampled	trample	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past |  | huts and trampled crops |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hut=Theme |
| 2 | **trample** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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