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title: Which phrase did the peasant employ in order to command the ruffians… — pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase did the peasant employ in order to command the ruffians to return to the sack? Exam question 2 of lesson 1777 «pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack, then a dog who digs up gold and is killed by a greedy neighbour» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 2 · pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack,…

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Which phrase did the peasant employ in order to command the ruffians to return to the sack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** do, command, return · **To what, where:** peasant employ, order, ruffians · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1777 «pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack, then a dog who digs up gold and is killed by a greedy neighbour» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1777-pg641-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:e2:1
# text = Which phrase did the peasant employ in order to command the ruffians to return to the sack?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	peasant	peasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	command	command	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ruffians	ruffian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	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 | which phrase | the peasant employ |  | order |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 2 | **command** | to-infinitive | which phrase *not said here* | the ruffians |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ruffian=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | which phrase *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the sack *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sack=Result |

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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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"Go in!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = "Go in!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Into the sack, now, go."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = "Into the sack, now, go."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the sack | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into sack=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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"Three into the sack."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = "Three into the sack."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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"Two into the sack."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = "Two into the sack."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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