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title: bro, how did the sorcerer end up at the end? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, how did the sorcerer end up at the end? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 8 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

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bro, how did the sorcerer end up at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do, end up · **To what, where:** sorcerer, end

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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/1416-pg503-part3/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t8:1
# text = bro, how did the sorcerer end up at the end?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the sorcerer |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorcerer=Eventuality |
| 2 | **end up** | present | bro |  |  |  | at the end |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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he was hung from a tall tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = he was hung from a tall tree
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past · passive |  | he |  | a tall tree |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
eaten by cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = eaten by cats
1	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by cats | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was sent off to sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = he was sent off to sea
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | past · passive |  | he |  | sea |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
torn apart on a mule loaded with nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = torn apart on a mule loaded with nuts
1	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	loaded	load	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear apart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on a mule; apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mule=Trajectory |
| 2 | **load** | participle |  | a mule *not said here* |  |  |  | with nuts | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nut=Theme |

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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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