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title: Oi, did the comrades get to eat and drink too or was it just the Sim… — Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did the comrades get to eat and drink too or was it just the Simpleton? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 14 · ★ · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

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Oi, did the comrades get to eat and drink too or was it just the Simpleton?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oi, comrades, it · **What happens:** do, get, eat, drink, be · **To what, where:** Simpleton

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks 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/1723-pg640-part47/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t14:1
# text = Oi, did the comrades get to eat and drink too or was it just the Simpleton?
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	5	det	_	_
5	comrades	comrade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Oi |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the comrades |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the comrades *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **drink** | infinitive | the comrades *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | past | it | the Simpleton |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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They had loads, the glutton and the thirsty one too, plus the marksman and the others

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t14:o1:1
# text = They had loads, the glutton and the thirsty one too, plus the marksman and the others
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	marksman	marksman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | loads and the glutton and the thirsty one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, they only watched from the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t14:o2:1
# text = Nope, they only watched from the gate
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | they |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had loads, the glutton and the thirsty one too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t14:o3:1
# text = They had loads, the glutton and the thirsty one too
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | loads and the glutton and the thirsty one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had loads, the glutton and the thirsty one too, and the runner had a feast as well

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t14:o4:1
# text = They had loads, the glutton and the thirsty one too, and the runner had a feast as well
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	16	advmod	_	_
20	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | loads and the glutton and the thirsty one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | the runner | a feast |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient |

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