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title: How did the hunters catch him in the wood, though? — Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the hunters catch him in the wood, though? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How did the hunters catch him in the wood, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hunters · **What happens:** be, catch · **To what, where:** him, wood

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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/1479-pg503-part66/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t9:1
# text = How did the hunters catch him in the wood, though?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | present | the hunters | him *= he* |  | the wood |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 -->
Dogs chased him down, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t9:o1:1
# text = Dogs chased him down, mate
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase down** | past | Dogs | him *= he* |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He fell in a bear pit, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t9:o2:1
# text = He fell in a bear pit, mate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  | a bear pit and mate |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pit=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some hunters set a huge net across the path and he got tangled up in it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t9:o3:1
# text = Some hunters set a huge net across the path and he got tangled up in it
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	tangled	tangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | some hunters | a huge net |  | the path |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient net=Result |
| 2 | **tangle up** | past · passive |  | he |  | path |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hunters followed his footprints to a big muddy pond and waited there all night

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:t9:o4:1
# text = The hunters followed his footprints to a big muddy pond and waited there all night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | the hunters | his footprints |  | a big muddy pond |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent footprint=Theme to pond=Trajectory |
| 2 | **wait** | past | the hunters *not said here* |  |  | there | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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