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title: Right, what did the robbers swear to do at the end? — Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Right, what did the robbers swear to do at the end? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 13 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 2…

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Right, what did the robbers swear to do at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers · **What happens:** do, swear · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled 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/1639-pg5615-part28/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t13:1
# text = Right, what did the robbers swear to do at the end?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swear** | present | the robbers |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the robbers *not said here* |  |  |  | at the end |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Catch Joseph and hang him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t13:o1:1
# text = Catch Joseph and hang him
1	Catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | imperative | you *not said here* | Joseph |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joseph=Theme |
| 2 | **hang** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Joseph |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Get revenge on Joseph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t13:o2:1
# text = Get revenge on Joseph
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | revenge |  | Joseph |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on joseph=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Get their revenge on Joseph by ruining his whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t13:o3:1
# text = Get their revenge on Joseph by ruining his whole family
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ruining	ruin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | their revenge |  | Joseph |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on joseph=Source |
| 2 | **ruin** | gerund | you *not said here* | Joseph's whole family |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |
| 3 | **revenge** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom revenge «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Get revenge on Joseph and his wife for the trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t13:o4:1
# text = Get revenge on Joseph and his wife for the trick
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | revenge |  | Joseph and his wife for the trick |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on joseph=Source |

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