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title: bro, why did Manstin end up in the water? — Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, why did Manstin end up in the water? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, why did Manstin end up in the water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Manstin · **What happens:** end up · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» 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/1274-pg338-part11/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t11:1
# text = bro, why did Manstin end up in the water?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Manstin	Manstin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past · do-support | Manstin |  |  |  |  | in the water *result*; bro *vocative* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in water=Result |

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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 -->
The old rope, which was weak and rotten with age, snapped suddenly when he jerked it hard

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t11:o1:1
# text = The old rope, which was weak and rotten with age, snapped suddenly when he jerked it hard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	jerked	jerk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the old rope |  |  |  | with age | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the old rope *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **snap** | past | the old rope |  |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **jerk** | past | rope | age |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The brook was too deep and slippery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t11:o2:1
# text = The brook was too deep and slippery
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the brook |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the brook *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He lost his footing on the wet stones while trying to carry a heavy bundle of food and the old man's staff at once

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t11:o3:1
# text = He lost his footing on the wet stones while trying to carry a heavy bundle of food and the old man's staff at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	footing	footing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | his footing |  | the wet stones |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a heavy bundle of food and the old man's staff |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old rope snapped when he jerked it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t11:o4:1
# text = The old rope snapped when he jerked it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	jerked	jerk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | the old rope |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **jerk** | past | rope | it |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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