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title: Mate, why did the squire send Hans off? — Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid'… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why did the squire send Hans off? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1633 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid's son: Hans makes the lake's fish flood the squire's yard and returns with gold from Purgatory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 5 · ★ · Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid's son: Hans makes th…

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Mate, why did the squire send Hans off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** squire · **What happens:** send off · **To what, where:** Hans

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1633 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid's son: Hans makes the lake's fish flood the squire's yard and returns with gold from Purgatory» 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/1633-pg5615-part22/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1633-pg5615-part22:t5:1
# text = Mate, why did the squire send Hans off?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | past · do-support | the squire | Hans |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hans=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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To fetch the ale from town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1633-pg5615-part22:t5:o1:1
# text = To fetch the ale from town
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | the ale |  | town |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ale=Theme from town=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get three years' tribute from Purgatory for the squire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1633-pg5615-part22:t5:o2:1
# text = To get three years' tribute from Purgatory for the squire
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Purgatory	Purgatory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | three years's tribute |  | Purgatory |  | for the squire | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent tribute=Theme from purgatory=Source for squire=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because his wife told him to send Hans to Purgatory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1633-pg5615-part22:t5:o3:1
# text = Because his wife told him to send Hans to Purgatory
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Purgatory	Purgatory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | his wife |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his wife *not said here* | Hans | Purgatory |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hans=Theme to purgatory=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get tribute from Purgatory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1633-pg5615-part22:t5:o4:1
# text = To get tribute from Purgatory
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Purgatory	Purgatory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | tribute |  | Purgatory |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tribute=Theme from purgatory=Source |

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