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title: What did the thieves say to shush him? — Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the thieves say to shush him? Test 11 · ★ 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; Mova's choice w
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

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What did the thieves say to shush him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thieves · **What happens:** do, say, shush · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t11:1
# text = What did the thieves say to shush him?
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	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	shush	shush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the thieves |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **shush** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Speak softly and carefully, because if you wake anyone up in this house we are all in trouble

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = Speak softly and carefully, because if you wake anyone up in this house we are all in trouble
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wake	wake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wake up** | present | you | anyone |  | this house |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | we | this house *not said here* |  | trouble |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep it down, folks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = Keep it down, folks
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | folks *obl* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stop yelling right now and go back to bed before the pastor hears you and calls the guards

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = Stop yelling right now and go back to bed before the pastor hears you and calls the guards
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result |
| 4 | **hear** | present | the pastor | you |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 5 | **call** | present | the pastor *not said here* | the guards |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Speak softly, don't wake anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = Speak softly, don't wake anyone
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **wake** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient |

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