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title: did the dwarf say thanks at all, or was he well rude? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the dwarf say thanks at all, or was he well rude? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1475 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road to the wedding, the maid takes the princess's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…

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did the dwarf say thanks at all, or was he well rude?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dwarf, he · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** thanks, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1475 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road to the wedding, the maid takes the princess's place» 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/1475-pg503-part62/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1475-pg503-part62:t4:1
# text = did the dwarf say thanks at all, or was he well rude?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the dwarf | thanks |  | all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | rude, well *property* | tree rules |

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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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nah, he just sulked and walked off quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1475-pg503-part62:t4:o1:1
# text = nah, he just sulked and walked off quietly
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **walk off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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nah, he was mental rude, calling them hussies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1475-pg503-part62:t4:o2:1
# text = nah, he was mental rude, calling them hussies
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	hussies	hussy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | gerund | he *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme hussy=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he was dead grateful, thanked them loads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1475-pg503-part62:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, he was dead grateful, thanked them loads
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	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | grateful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | he *not said here* | loads | them *= they* |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yeah, he thanked them, but then he was well rude and called them hussies, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1475-pg503-part62:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, he thanked them, but then he was well rude and called them hussies, mate
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	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	hussies	hussy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | he |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  | then | rude, well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | past | he *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

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