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title: bruh, the host killed a guy for not paying his bill?? no cap?? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, the host killed a guy for not paying his bill?? no cap?? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1635 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest prince pays a murderous host, escapes, and meets the fox again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruh, the host killed a guy for not paying his bill?? no cap??

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** host · **What happens:** kill, not pay, bill · **To what, where:** guy, bill

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1635 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest prince pays a murderous host, escapes, and meets the fox again» 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/1635-pg5615-part24/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t2:1
# text = bruh, the host killed a guy for not paying his bill?? no cap??
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | the host | a guy |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **pay** | gerund | the host *not said here* | host's bill |  |  |  | no cap *obl* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset |
| 3 | **bill** |  | host |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ya, for real, cuz he couldn't pay the tab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t2:o1:1
# text = ya, for real, cuz he couldn't pay the tab
1	ya	ya	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tab	tab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pay** | could | he | the tab |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tab=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he killed him for stealing bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t2:o2:1
# text = nah, he killed him for stealing bread
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	killed	kill	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	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund | he *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bread=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ya, for real, the host was a total creep who killed people all the time and hid their bodies in the cellar

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t2:o3:1
# text = ya, for real, the host was a total creep who killed people all the time and hid their bodies in the cellar
1	ya	ya	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	creep	creep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the host | a total creep |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | past | a total creep | people |  |  | time |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | past | a total creep *not said here* | people's bodies |  | the cellar |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent body=Patient in cellar=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was a fight over some cards and the guest pulled a knife first, so the host got scared

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1635-pg5615-part24:t2:o4:1
# text = nah, it was a fight over some cards and the guest pulled a knife first, so the host got scared
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
22	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a fight and the guest |  | some cards |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | past |  | a knife |  |  |  | first *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | the host |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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