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title: Why did the rich brother come round anyway? — Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the rich brother come round anyway? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1100 «Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins back his sack and ram, and his rich brother buys them» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins…

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Why did the rich brother come round anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich brother · **What happens:** come round

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1100 «Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins back his sack and ram, and his rich brother buys them» 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/1100-pg29672-part6/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:t6:1
# text = Why did the rich brother come round anyway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come round** | past · do-support | the rich brother |  |  |  |  | anyway, round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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cos he wanted the magic stuff, the ram and the sack and all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:t6:o1:1
# text = cos he wanted the magic stuff, the ram and the sack and all
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | the magic stuff |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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cos he wanted the magic stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:t6:o2:1
# text = cos he wanted the magic stuff
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | cos | the magic stuff |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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cos he fancied a proper dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:t6:o3:1
# text = cos he fancied a proper dinner
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | cos | a proper dinner |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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cos he was after the ram lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:t6:o4:1
# text = cos he was after the ram lot
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he | cos *not said here* |  |  | after the ram lot |  | tree rules |

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