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title: Bro, why couldn't the Count die when the doctors said so? — Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Re… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why couldn't the Count die when the doctors said so? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 6 · ★ · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

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Bro, why couldn't the Count die when the doctors said so?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Count, doctors · **What happens:** not die, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» 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/1569-pg540-part66/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t6:1
# text = Bro, why couldn't the Count die when the doctors said so?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | could | the Count |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the doctors |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Death was just late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t6:o1:1
# text = Death was just late
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | Death |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he had no will left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t6:o2:1
# text = he had no will left
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | future · passive |  | no |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was too strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t6:o3:1
# text = he was too strong
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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he had no shroud, so Death waited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t6:o4:1
# text = he had no shroud, so Death waited
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	shroud	shroud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | no shroud |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shroud=Patient |
| 2 | **wait** | past | Death |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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