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title: Skint or not, how'd the farmers end up in the river? — Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Skint or not, how'd the farmers end up in the river? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1295 «Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the farmers and sends them to their deaths in the river, and a new tale, The Brown Bear of Norway, begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the far…

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Skint or not, how'd the farmers end up in the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** farmers · **What happens:** end up · **To what, where:** river

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1295 «Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the farmers and sends them to their deaths in the river, and a new tale, The Brown Bear of Norway, begins» 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/1295-pg3454-part20/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:t9:1
# text = Skint or not, how'd the farmers end up in the river?
1	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | would | the farmers |  |  |  |  | in the river *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in river=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}

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Toueno tipped them into water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:t9:o1:1
# text = Toueno tipped them into water
1	Toueno	Toueno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip** | past | Toueno | them *= they* |  |  |  | into water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into water=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Toueno chucked them off a rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:t9:o2:1
# text = Toueno chucked them off a rock
1	Toueno	Toueno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck off** | past | Toueno | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination rock=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The horses pushed them in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:t9:o3:1
# text = The horses pushed them in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | the horses | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They slipped off the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:t9:o4:1
# text = They slipped off the bank
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip off** | past | They | the bank |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bank=Patient |

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