--- title: Wait, didn't the older brothers get away scot-free? — Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, didn't the older brothers get away scot-free? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/118-pg11027-part21/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/118-pg11027-part21/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an… Wait, didn't the older brothers get away scot-free? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, older brothers · **What happens:** wait, do, not get This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» 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/118-pg11027-part21/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t10:1 # text = Wait, didn't the older brothers get away scot-free? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 away away ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 scot scot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **get** | present | the older brothers | | | | | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Yup, they bolted on a ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t10:o1:1 # text = Yup, they bolted on a ship 1 Yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bolted bolt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bolt** | past | they | Yup | | a ship | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ship=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yup, they left on a boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t10:o2:1 # text = Yup, they left on a boat 1 Yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Yup | | | a boat | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on boat=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yup, they fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t10:o3:1 # text = Yup, they fled 1 Yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | they | | | | | Yup *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nope, caught ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t10:o4:1 # text = Nope, caught 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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