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title: What did the brothers reckon Cinderlad would be good for? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the brothers reckon Cinderlad would be good for? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 8 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla…

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What did the brothers reckon Cinderlad would be good for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers, Cinderlad · **What happens:** do, reckon, be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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/1581-pg540-part78/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t8:1
# text = What did the brothers reckon Cinderlad would be good for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	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	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	Cinderlad	Cinderlad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reckon** | present | the brothers |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | would | Cinderlad |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

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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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Nothing much at all, just poking the ashes all day in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t8:o1:1
# text = Nothing much at all, just poking the ashes all day in the kitchen
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | gerund |  | the ashes |  | the kitchen | day |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only sweeping the hearth floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t8:o2:1
# text = Only sweeping the hearth floor
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | gerund |  | the hearth floor |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nothing much, just poking the ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t8:o3:1
# text = Nothing much, just poking the ashes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | gerund |  | the ashes |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing much, just poking the ashes and doing nothing useful at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t8:o4:1
# text = Nothing much, just poking the ashes and doing nothing useful at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
11	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | gerund |  | the ashes |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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