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title: fr why did the hunter feel bad for the donkeys? — Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

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fr why did the hunter feel bad for the donkeys?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** feel

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» 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/1688-pg640-part12/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:t10:1
# text = fr why did the hunter feel bad for the donkeys?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | fr |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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he felt bad and cooled off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:t10:o1:1
# text = he felt bad and cooled off
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cooled	cool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cool off** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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he took pity and dropped his anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:t10:o2:1
# text = he took pity and dropped his anger
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | pity |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | past | he *not said here* | his anger |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme |
| 3 | **anger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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he took pity on them and dropped all of his anger right away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:t10:o3:1
# text = he took pity on them and dropped all of his anger right away
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | pity |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on they=Destination |
| 2 | **drop** | past | he *not said here* | all |  |  |  | away *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |
| 3 | **anger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he pitied them and calmed down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:t10:o4:1
# text = he pitied them and calmed down
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pitied	pity	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	calmed	calm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pity** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **calm down** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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