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title: Oi, did the old man just bounce after the eagles left, or what? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did the old man just bounce after the eagles left, or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1685 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princess promises help and loses her way home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princ…

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Oi, did the old man just bounce after the eagles left, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** do, leave · **To what, where:** old man, eagles

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1685 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princess promises help and loses her way home» 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/1685-pg640-part9/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:t1:1
# text = Oi, did the old man just bounce after the eagles left, or what?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bounce	bounce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Oi | the old man  bounce |  |  | after the eagles |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | the eagles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, he dipped home to the daylight, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he dipped home to the daylight, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | he |  |  | the daylight and innit |  | home *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to daylight=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he went off with the eagles, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, he went off with the eagles, bruv
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	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | with the eagles and bruv | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he kipped under the fountain all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, he kipped under the fountain all night
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	kipped	kip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kip** | past | he |  |  | the fountain | night |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he chilled in the toad hut for ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, he chilled in the toad hut for ages
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	chilled	chill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | past | he |  |  | the toad hut | for ages |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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