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title: lol why can't the ghost catch him, bro? — Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol why can't the ghost catch him, bro? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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 right
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…

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lol why can't the ghost catch him, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ghost · **What happens:** not catch · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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/1623-pg5615-part12/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t2:1
# text = lol why can't the ghost catch him, bro?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | can | the ghost | him *= he* |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause it can't climb the step at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t2:o1:1
# text = cause it can't climb the step at the altar
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **climb** | can | it | the step |  | the altar |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location step=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause it can't get through the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t2:o2:1
# text = cause it can't get through the door
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get** | can | it |  |  | the door |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through door=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause some old king set a spell on the steps years back and it won't cross them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t2:o3:1
# text = cause some old king set a spell on the steps years back and it won't cross them
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	reparandum	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **set** | past | some old king | a spell |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient spell=Result |
| 3 | **not** **cross** | future | spell | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the altar's blessed and it's the step that stops it, not the bloody door or anything

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:t2:o4:1
# text = cause the altar's blessed and it's the step that stops it, not the bloody door or anything
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | the altar's blessed bloody door |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition door=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | altar | the step |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | present | the step | altar |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

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