--- title: fr, why did the parents want to ditch their kids? — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics description: fr, why did the parents want to ditch their kids? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los… fr, why did the parents want to ditch their kids? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents · **What happens:** want, ditch · **To what, where:** kids This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t7:1 # text = fr, why did the parents want to ditch their kids? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 ditch ditch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the parents | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ditch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the parents *not said here* | parents's kids | | | | | tree rules | 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} They got bored and wanted a new family ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t7:o1:1 # text = They got bored and wanted a new family 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | | | | | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **want** | past | They *not said here* | a new family | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot family=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Their kids had been stealing from the town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t7:o2:1 # text = Their kids had been stealing from the town 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · progressive | Their kids | | | the town | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They were broke and had no food to share ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t7:o3:1 # text = They were broke and had no food to share 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | break *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **share** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They wanted a bigger house with a garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t7:o4:1 # text = They wanted a bigger house with a garden 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | They | a bigger house | | | | with a garden | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot house=Theme | **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. 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