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title: Why did the lad not go home to earth after all that, like, gutted? — Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a sch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the lad not go home to earth after all that, like, gutted? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

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Why did the lad not go home to earth after all that, like, gutted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lad · **What happens:** not go, gut · **To what, where:** earth

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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/1704-pg640-part28/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t9:1
# text = Why did the lad not go home to earth after all that, like, gutted?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
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	4	det	_	_
4	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | the lad |  |  | earth | after that | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lynx had run off with the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t9:o1:1
# text = The lynx had run off with the gold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lynx	lynx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past · perfect · passive |  | the lynx |  |  |  | with the gold | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product with gold=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The swallow was too small to carry him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t9:o2:1
# text = The swallow was too small to carry him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swallow	swallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the swallow |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the swallow *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The eagle was the only one who could carry gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t9:o3:1
# text = The eagle was the only one who could carry gold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the eagle | the only one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | could | the only one | gold |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted to stay in the golden castle and marry the Princess who had been waiting for him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t9:o4:1
# text = He wanted to stay in the golden castle and marry the Princess who had been waiting for him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux	_	_
16	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the golden castle |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location |
| 3 | **marry** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 4 | **wait** | past · perfect · progressive | the Princess |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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