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title: How come the old woman got him, innit? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: How come the old woman got him, innit? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1790 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls Jem a dwarf, father forgets him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 10 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls…

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How come the old woman got him, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** come, get, innit · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1790 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls Jem a dwarf, father forgets him» 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/1790-pg641-part41/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t10:1
# text = How come the old woman got him, innit?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | the old woman | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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his mum lent him away, being a kindly soul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t10:o1:1
# text = his mum lent him away, being a kindly soul
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend away** | past | his mum | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | a soul |  |  |  | kindly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his mum lent him out, being kindly and sorry for the old woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t10:o2:1
# text = his mum lent him out, being kindly and sorry for the old woman
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend out** | past | his mum | him *= he* |  |  |  | for the old woman | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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his mum lent him, being kindly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t10:o3:1
# text = his mum lent him, being kindly
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | past | his mum | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his mum lent him, being broke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:t10:o4:1
# text = his mum lent him, being broke
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | past | his mum | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | broke *property* | tree rules |

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