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title: Gutted for the boatman, what was the Admiral gonna do to him? — Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gutted for the boatman, what was the Admiral gonna do to him? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1509 «Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfaronade eats all the food and the Princess vanishes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfarona…

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Gutted for the boatman, what was the Admiral gonna do to him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boatman · **What happens:** gut, be, do · **To what, where:** Admiral gonna, him

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1509 «Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfaronade eats all the food and the Princess vanishes» 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/1509-pg540-part6/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1509-pg540-part6:t8:1
# text = Gutted for the boatman, what was the Admiral gonna do to him?
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boatman	boatman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Admiral	admiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gonna	gonna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for the boatman and the Admiral gonna | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the boatman and the Admiral gonna | the Admiral gonna |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Give him a long sea prison term

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1509-pg540-part6:t8:o1:1
# text = Give him a long sea prison term
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a long prison term | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient term=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whip him with the cat-o'-nine-tails until he confesses everything

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1509-pg540-part6:t8:o2:1
# text = Whip him with the cat-o'-nine-tails until he confesses everything
1	Whip	whip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	o	o	NOUN	NN	_	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	confesses	confess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
16	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whip** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | with the cat o | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient tail=Result |
| 2 | **confess** | present | he | everything |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whip him with the cat-o'-nine-tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1509-pg540-part6:t8:o3:1
# text = Whip him with the cat-o'-nine-tails
1	Whip	whip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	o	o	NOUN	NN	_	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whip** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | with the cat o | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient tail=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Make him walk the plank now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1509-pg540-part6:t8:o4:1
# text = Make him walk the plank now
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the plank |  |  | now |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plank=Trajectory |

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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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