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title: Mate, did the bailiff really hang on to a calf all night? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the bailiff really hang on to a calf all night? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, did the bailiff really hang on to a calf all night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bailiff · **What happens:** hang on

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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/1445-pg503-part32/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t1:1
# text = Mate, did the bailiff really hang on to a calf all night?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | past · do-support | the bailiff |  |  |  | night | to a calf; Mate *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Yeah, he went round the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he went round the field
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  | the field |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round field=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, not really, he just stood there holding the tail for ages and it was dead boring

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, not really, he just stood there holding the tail for ages and it was dead boring
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stand** | past | he |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | he *not said here* | the tail |  |  | for ages |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | tail |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he got dragged all over hill and dale and came back proper knackered

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he got dragged all over hill and dale and came back proper knackered
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dale	dale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past · passive |  | he |  | hill and dale |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **knacker** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he got proper dragged round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he got proper dragged round
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | properly, round *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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