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title: Yo, did she give the sparrows corn or throw her shoes at them? — Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the g… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did she give the sparrows corn or throw her shoes at them? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…

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Yo, did she give the sparrows corn or throw her shoes at them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, sparrows · **What happens:** give, corn, throw · **To what, where:** shoes

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» 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/1152-pg3027-part18/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t5:1
# text = Yo, did she give the sparrows corn or throw her shoes at them?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	corn	corn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **corn** | present | the sparrows |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **throw** | infinitive | the sparrows *not said here* | her shoes |  |  |  | at sparrows *= sparrow* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at they=Destination |

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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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she scattered grain for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t5:o1:1
# text = she scattered grain for them
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | past | she | grain |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she shooed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t5:o2:1
# text = she shooed them
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shooed	shoo	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoo** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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she threw her shoes at them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t5:o3:1
# text = she threw her shoes at them
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | she | her shoes |  |  |  | at shoes *= shoe* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at they=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she fed them corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:t5:o4:1
# text = she fed them corn
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient corn=Theme |

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