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title: why'd the squire go all bricking it about Hans? — Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd the squire go all bricking it about Hans? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1631 «Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

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why'd the squire go all bricking it about Hans?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squire · **What happens:** go, brick · **To what, where:** squire

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1631 «Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain» 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/1631-pg5615-part20/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t3:1
# text = why'd the squire go all bricking it about Hans?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bricking	brick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive | the squire |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **brick** | gerund | the squire *not said here* | squire |  |  |  | about Hans; all *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

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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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cos Hans had a big flail and was dead grumpy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t3:o1:1
# text = cos Hans had a big flail and was dead grumpy
1	cos	cos	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flail	flail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | cos | a big flail |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flail=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | grumpy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos the lads told him Hans was way too strong to argue with and mad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t3:o2:1
# text = cos the lads told him Hans was way too strong to argue with and mad
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the cos lads |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | Hans way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | the cos lads *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos Hans was proper scary and loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t3:o3:1
# text = cos Hans was proper scary and loud
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cos |  |  |  |  | properly, scary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos Hans was way too strong to argue with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t3:o4:1
# text = cos Hans was way too strong to argue with
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | cos | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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