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title: what did the tavern guys do while he snored? — Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the tavern guys do while he snored? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 7 · ★ · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the p…

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what did the tavern guys do while he snored?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** guys, he · **What happens:** do, snore · **To what, where:** tavern

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» 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/1098-pg29672-part4/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:t7:1
# text = what did the tavern guys do while he snored?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	snored	snore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the tavern |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tavern=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | guys | the tavern *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tavern=Eventuality |
| 3 | **snore** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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swapped his sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = swapped his sack
1	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past |  | his sack |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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stole his purse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = stole his purse
1	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past |  | his purse |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location purse=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
swapped his sack for an old one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = swapped his sack for an old one
1	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past |  | his sack |  |  |  | for a old one | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent sack=Theme for one=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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stole his boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = stole his boots
1	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past |  | his boots |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boot=Theme |

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