--- title: Some folks reckon he never robbed nobody, innit? — Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb t… · tree and pragmatics description: Some folks reckon he never robbed nobody, innit? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1090 «Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boots and gold and becomes rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1090-pg29021-part15/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boot… Some folks reckon he never robbed nobody, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** folks, he · **What happens:** reckon, not rob, innit · **To what, where:** nobody This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1090 «Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boots and gold and becomes rich» 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/1090-pg29021-part15/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t6:1 # text = Some folks reckon he never robbed nobody, innit? 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | some folks | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **rob** | past | he | nobody | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Source | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | some folks *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} They reckon he never robbed the Ogre ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t6:o1:1 # text = They reckon he never robbed the Ogre 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **rob** | past | he | the Ogre | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogre=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} He never robbed nobody ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t6:o2:1 # text = He never robbed nobody 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rob** | past | He | nobody | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Source | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They say he's innocent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t6:o3:1 # text = They say he's innocent 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | They | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | innocent *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They reckon he robbed no one at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t6:o4:1 # text = They reckon he robbed no one at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **rob** | past | he | no one | | all | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Source | **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. 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