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title: did the guy just take the bread and leave? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer W… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the guy just take the bread and leave? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 7 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

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did the guy just take the bread and leave?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** take, leave · **To what, where:** bread

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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/1570-pg540-part67/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t7:1
# text = did the guy just take the bread and leave?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | the guy | the bread |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | the guy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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nah he plucked feathers from the snoring people first and then he stole the eagle's bread too

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t7:o1:1
# text = nah he plucked feathers from the snoring people first and then he stole the eagle's bread too
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	snoring	snoring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pluck** | past | he | feathers |  |  |  | from the snoring people; first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from people=Source |
| 2 | **steal** | past | he | the eagle's bread |  |  | then |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bread=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he nicked some feathers off the sleeping folks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t7:o2:1
# text = nah he nicked some feathers off the sleeping folks
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | he | some feathers |  | the sleeping folks |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme off folk=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he plucked feathers from all the snoring people in the house and then climbed back out the window

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t7:o3:1
# text = nah he plucked feathers from all the snoring people in the house and then climbed back out the window
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	snoring	snoring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	out	out	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pluck** | past | he | feathers |  |  |  | from all snoring people in the house | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from people=Source |
| 2 | **climb back** | past | he *not said here* | the window |  |  | then | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he plucked feathers from the snoring people first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t7:o4:1
# text = nah he plucked feathers from the snoring people first
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	snoring	snoring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pluck** | past | he | feathers |  |  |  | from the snoring people; first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from people=Source |

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