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title: How did Little Thumb get the King to like him, yeah? — Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb t… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did Little Thumb get the King to like him, yeah? Test 8 · ★ 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 choi
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# Test 8 · ★ · Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boot…

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How did Little Thumb get the King to like him, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little Thumb · **What happens:** do, get, like · **To what, where:** King

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t8:1
# text = How did Little Thumb get the King to like him, yeah?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | Little Thumb | the King |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus |
| 3 | **like** | to-infinitive | Little Thumb *not said here* | King |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

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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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By running news to the army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t8:o1:1
# text = By running news to the army
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  | news |  | the army |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent news=Theme to army=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By running news to the army across the great and dangerous land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t8:o2:1
# text = By running news to the army across the great and dangerous land
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  | news |  | the great land |  | to the army | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent news=Theme to army=Initial\_Location across land=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By running news to the army and back to the court every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t8:o3:1
# text = By running news to the army and back to the court every day
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  | news |  | the army | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent news=Theme to army=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By fighting the enemy king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t8:o4:1
# text = By fighting the enemy king
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | gerund |  | the enemy king |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |

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