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title: What was his big plan for the pastor's stuff? — Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was his big plan for the pastor's stuff? Test 8 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

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What was his big plan for the pastor's stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big plan

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t8:1
# text = What was his big plan for the pastor's stuff?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | his big plan |  |  |  | for the pastor's stuff | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Reach things out through the bars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t8:o1:1
# text = Reach things out through the bars
1	Reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach out** | imperative | you *not said here* | things |  | the bars |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stand on the windowsill and pass the silver out through the bars to them one by one

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t8:o2:1
# text = Stand on the windowsill and pass the silver out through the bars to them one by one
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the windowsill |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on windowsill=Location |
| 2 | **pass out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the silver | bars *= bar* | the bars |  | one by one *obl* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent silver=Theme to they=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pass items through the iron bars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t8:o3:1
# text = Pass items through the iron bars
1	Pass	pass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dig a tunnel under the pastor's room and pull everything out quietly while he sleeps

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t8:o4:1
# text = Dig a tunnel under the pastor's room and pull everything out quietly while he sleeps
1	Dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tunnel |  | the pastor's room |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme under room=Location |
| 2 | **pull out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | everything |  |  |  | quietly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | present | pastor |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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