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title: Mate, what did the bloke from the village want? — Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did the bloke from the village want? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1234 «Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lies in bed while his mules bring home gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 13 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lie…

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Mate, what did the bloke from the village want?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** bloke, village

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1234 «Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lies in bed while his mules bring home gold» 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/1234-pg3282-part35/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1234-pg3282-part35:t13:1
# text = Mate, what did the bloke from the village want?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
10	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Mate | the bloke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | infinitive | Mate *not said here* |  |  | the village |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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To hire the donkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1234-pg3282-part35:t13:o1:1
# text = To hire the donkey
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hire	hire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | to-infinitive |  | the donkey |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To ask the wood-cutter for help carrying his heavy sacks home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1234-pg3282-part35:t13:o2:1
# text = To ask the wood-cutter for help carrying his heavy sacks home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | the wood cutter |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cutter=Recipient |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | help *not said here* | his heavy sacks |  |  |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To borrow the mules for a trip to the city market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1234-pg3282-part35:t13:o3:1
# text = To borrow the mules for a trip to the city market
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | the mules |  |  |  | for a trip; to the city market | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To borrow the mules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1234-pg3282-part35:t13:o4:1
# text = To borrow the mules
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | the mules |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Theme |

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