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title: So the minister reckons Hans should stay late in winter? — Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the minister reckons Hans should stay late in winter? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings…

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So the minister reckons Hans should stay late in winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** minister, Hans · **What happens:** reckon, stay

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» 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/1799-pg641-part50/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t8:1
# text = So the minister reckons Hans should stay late in winter?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | the minister |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | should | Hans |  |  |  | winter | late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He said it would happen every single winter and Hans must stay late every night without any extra pay

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t8:o1:1
# text = He said it would happen every single winter and Hans must stay late every night without any extra pay
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
18	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | would | it |  |  |  | winter |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | must | Hans |  |  |  | night | without any extra pay; late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would happen every winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t8:o2:1
# text = It would happen every winter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would | It |  |  |  | winter |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He said it might happen now and then, but he would pay Hans extra for every hour past sunset

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t8:o3:1
# text = He said it might happen now and then, but he would pay Hans extra for every hour past sunset
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
14	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
15	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
18	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | might | it |  |  |  | now |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pay** | would | he | Hans |  |  | sunset |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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He said it might happen now and then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t8:o4:1
# text = He said it might happen now and then
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | might | it |  |  |  | now |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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