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title: Innit, what did the horse say to stop Petru warming up? — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit, what did the horse say to stop Petru warming up? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 3 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru…

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Innit, what did the horse say to stop Petru warming up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit · **What happens:** say, stop, warm up · **To what, where:** Petru · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» 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/1781-pg641-part32/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t3:1
# text = Innit, what did the horse say to stop Petru warming up?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
10	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	warming	warm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Innit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | Petru |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **warm up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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do not stop at the fires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t3:o1:1
# text = do not stop at the fires
1	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the fires |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at fire=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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keep away from warm hearths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t3:o2:1
# text = keep away from warm hearths
1	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hearths	hearth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | warm hearths |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from hearth=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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never sit by the flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t3:o3:1
# text = never sit by the flames
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the flames | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by flame=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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do not stop at the fires or touch any warm thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t3:o4:1
# text = do not stop at the fires or touch any warm thing
1	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the fires |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at fire=Location |
| 2 | **touch** | present | you *not said here* | any warm thing |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-Theme |

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