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title: What did the goose have to do with the herb, like, to make it work? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the goose have to do with the herb, like, to make it work? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 8 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose f…

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What did the goose have to do with the herb, like, to make it work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goose · **What happens:** do, have, make, work · **To what, where:** goose

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» 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/1792-pg641-part43/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t8:1
# text = What did the goose have to do with the herb, like, to make it work?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the goose |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the goose *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the herb | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | goose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **work** | infinitive | goose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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}

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sing to it at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t8:o1:1
# text = sing to it at night
1	sing	sing	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | it |  | night |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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dig it up at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t8:o2:1
# text = dig it up at dawn
1	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | dawn |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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pick it fresh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t8:o3:1
# text = pick it fresh
1	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | fresh *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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find it under a chestnut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t8:o4:1
# text = find it under a chestnut
1	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a chestnut |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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