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title: Wis the corpse already rifled when he got there? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wis the corpse already rifled when he got there? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

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Wis the corpse already rifled when he got there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wis · **What happens:** rifle, get · **To what, where:** Wis

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» 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/1517-pg540-part14/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t9:1
# text = Wis the corpse already rifled when he got there?
1	Wis	Wis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rifled	rifle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rifle** | participle · passive |  | Wis |  |  |  |  | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location |
| 2 | **get** | past | Wis |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, somebody had been there first an' the gold wis gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t9:o1:1
# text = Aye, somebody had been there first an' the gold wis gone
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	wis	wi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
13	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | somebody |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  | a gold wis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, somebody had been there first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t9:o2:1
# text = Aye, somebody had been there first
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | somebody |  |  |  |  | first, there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naw, the corpse wis still wrapped in its shroud an' the seal wis intact, but the lamp wis oot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t9:o3:1
# text = Naw, the corpse wis still wrapped in its shroud an' the seal wis intact, but the lamp wis oot
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	wis	wi	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shroud	shroud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wis	wi	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
16	intact	intact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	wis	wis	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	oot	oot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | present · passive |  | Naw |  | corpse's shroud | still |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in shroud=Destination |
| 2 | **wi** | present | the seal |  |  |  |  | intact *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **oot** |  | the lamp |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, the guards had been there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t9:o4:1
# text = Aye, the guards had been there
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the guards *not said here* |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

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