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title: Who pulled the lot of them up at the end, mate? — Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who pulled the lot of them up at the end, mate? Test 12 · ★ 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
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# Test 12 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

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Who pulled the lot of them up at the end, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** pull up · **To what, where:** lot, end

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t12:1
# text = Who pulled the lot of them up at the end, mate?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	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	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | past |  | the lot of them |  |  | at the end and mate |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lot=Theme at end=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His brothers, on the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t12:o1:1
# text = His brothers, on the rope
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His two elder brothers, pulling hard on the rope at the top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t12:o2:1
# text = His two elder brothers, pulling hard on the rope at the top
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund | His two elder brothers |  |  |  |  | at the top; on the rope; hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rope=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His brothers, on the rope, with the help of the servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t12:o3:1
# text = His brothers, on the rope, with the help of the servants
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** |  |  | the servants |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His elder brothers, by hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t12:o4:1
# text = His elder brothers, by hand
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	elder	elder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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