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title: Oi, what did the eldest lad do first, mate? — Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what did the eldest lad do first, mate? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oi, what did the eldest lad do first, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** eldest lad

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» 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/1531-pg540-part28/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t1:1
# text = Oi, what did the eldest lad do first, mate?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the eldest lad |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Eventuality |

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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 -->
Went to the tavern and got bladdered on ale all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t1:o1:1
# text = Went to the tavern and got bladdered on ale all night long
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	bladdered	bladder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  | the tavern | night | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **bladder** | past · passive |  |  |  | ale |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Went to the tavern and got bladdered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t1:o2:1
# text = Went to the tavern and got bladdered
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	bladdered	bladdered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  | the tavern |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **get** | past |  |  |  |  |  | bladdered *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Went straight to the tavern, ordered a round and got completely bladdered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t1:o3:1
# text = Went straight to the tavern, ordered a round and got completely bladdered
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	bladdered	bladder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  | the tavern |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **order** | past |  | a round |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past |  |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **bladder** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Went to the pub and had a pint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t1:o4:1
# text = Went to the pub and had a pint
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pint	pint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  | the pub |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pub=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **have** | past |  | a pint |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pint=Patient |

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