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title: What did the old man tell him to grab? — Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the old man tell him to grab? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal…

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What did the old man tell him to grab?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** tell, grab · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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/1649-pg5615-part38/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t11:1
# text = What did the old man tell him to grab?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the old man |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: 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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Her cloak and run away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t11:o1:1
# text = Her cloak and run away
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | present | Her cloak |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Her hair and never let go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t11:o2:1
# text = Her hair and never let go
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | infinitive | Her hair |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | Her hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her hair, seize it firmly and never let go, even when she begs you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t11:o3:1
# text = Her hair, seize it firmly and never let go, even when she begs you
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | infinitive | Her hair | it |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **let** | infinitive | Her hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | Her hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | hair |  | you |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her hair and never let go, whatever she says

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:t11:o4:1
# text = Her hair and never let go, whatever she says
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | infinitive | Her hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | Her hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Her hair | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic |

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