--- title: Deadass, how did the thief get the Governor's horses? — Popular Tales, The Master Thief, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Deadass, how did the thief get the Governor's horses? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1521 «Popular Tales, The Master Thief, part 18: the Priest is tricked into a sack and the Governor's horses are stolen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1521-pg540-part18/t14/) [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/) / [Popular Tales, The Master Thief, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1521-pg540-part18/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Master Thief, part 18: the Priest is tr… Deadass, how did the thief get the Governor's horses? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Deadass · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** thief, horses This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1521 «Popular Tales, The Master Thief, part 18: the Priest is tricked into a sack and the Governor's horses are stolen» 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/1521-pg540-part18/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1521-pg540-part18:t14:1 # text = Deadass, how did the thief get the Governor's horses? 1 Deadass Deadass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the thief | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present | Deadass | the Governor's horses | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | 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} he sold the horses back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1521-pg540-part18:t14:o1:1 # text = he sold the horses back 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell back** | past | he | the horses | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} stole them from the boys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1521-pg540-part18:t14:o2:1 # text = stole them from the boys 1 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | | them *= they* | | | | from the boys | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from boy=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} he sneaked in and stole them from the sleeping boys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1521-pg540-part18:t14:o3:1 # text = he sneaked in and stole them from the sleeping boys 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sneaked sneak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sneak in** | past | he | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **steal** | past | he *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | from the sleeping boys | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from boy=Source | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} he took them by force ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1521-pg540-part18:t14:o4:1 # text = he took them by force 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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