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title: that rope thing, why does the blind guy even have it? — Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: that rope thing, why does the blind guy even have it? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that rope thing, why does the blind guy even have it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rope thing · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** guy

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t9:1
# text = that rope thing, why does the blind guy even have it?
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | that rope thing | guy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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To tie down the tent poles so the wind cannot carry them away while he sleeps

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t9:o1:1
# text = To tie down the tent poles so the wind cannot carry them away while he sleeps
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie down** | to-infinitive |  | the tent poles |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **carry away** | can | the wind | poles *= pole* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** | present | wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To tie the bundles of food together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t9:o2:1
# text = To tie the bundles of food together
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bundles	bundle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | to-infinitive |  | the bundles of food |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To find his way to the brook for water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t9:o3:1
# text = To find his way to the brook for water
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | his way |  |  |  | to the brook for water | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To guide the blind man through the dark forest so that he can hunt bears in the valley

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t9:o4:1
# text = To guide the blind man through the dark forest so that he can hunt bears in the valley
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guide	guide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
15	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** | to-infinitive |  | the blind man |  | the dark forest |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme through forest=Destination |
| 2 | **hunt** | can | man | bears |  | the valley |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bear=Theme in valley=Location |

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