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title: so the servants were all salty about Kari trying the shoe? — Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the servants were all salty about Kari trying the shoe? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 8 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…

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so the servants were all salty about Kari trying the shoe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** servants, Kari · **What happens:** be, try · **To what, where:** shoe

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» 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/1550-pg540-part47/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:t8:1
# text = so the servants were all salty about Kari trying the shoe?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Kari	Kari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the servants |  |  |  |  | all, salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | Kari | the shoe |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they laughed and mocked her and said she had feet like a horse

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, they laughed and mocked her and said she had feet like a horse
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mock** | past | they *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | past | she | feet |  |  |  | like a horse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they all laughed loudly and mocked the poor girl and her wooden gown

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, they all laughed loudly and mocked the poor girl and her wooden gown
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | they |  |  |  |  | all, loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mock** | past | they *not said here* | the poor girl |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they shouted and jeered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, they shouted and jeered
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	jeered	jeer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **jeer** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they laughed and mocked her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, they laughed and mocked her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mock** | past | they *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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