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title: bruh, why did the villagers all tie rocks to themselves? — Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, why did the villagers all tie rocks to themselves? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

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bruh, why did the villagers all tie rocks to themselves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, tie · **To what, where:** villagers, rocks

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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/1153-pg3027-part19/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t3:1
# text = bruh, why did the villagers all tie rocks to themselves?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the villagers |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent villager=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tie** | present |  | rocks | rocks *= rock* |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rock=Patient to themselves=Co-Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz they wanted to dive down to the gold under the bridge at the river

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = Cuz they wanted to dive down to the gold under the bridge at the river
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dive	dive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cuz |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dive down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cuz *not said here* |  |  | the bridge |  | to the gold; at the river; down *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to gold=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz they wanted to dive to the buffalo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = Cuz they wanted to dive to the buffalo
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dive	dive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cuz |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cuz *not said here* |  |  | the buffalo |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to buffalo=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz the priest made them do it to sink the goldsmith's ghost deep down

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = Cuz the priest made them do it to sink the goldsmith's ghost deep down
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Cuz | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | priest |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sink** | to-infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | the goldsmith's ghost |  |  |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ghost=Patient |
| 4 | **ghost** |  | the goldsmith |  |  |  |  |  | nom ghost «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz they wanted to sink the buffalo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = Cuz they wanted to sink the buffalo
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cuz |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cuz *not said here* | the buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent buffalo=Patient |

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