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title: Yo, what's the gallows thing, mate? — Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what's the gallows thing, mate? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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 wr
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# Test 8 · ★ · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…

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Yo, what's the gallows thing, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** gallows thing

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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/1800-pg641-part51/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t8:1
# text = Yo, what's the gallows thing, mate?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the gallows thing |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | 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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Two robbers swinging in wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t8:o1:1
# text = Two robbers swinging in wind
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | gerund | Two robbers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in wind | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wind=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Two evil-doers hanging up high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t8:o2:1
# text = Two evil-doers hanging up high
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	doers	doer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang up** | gerund | Two evil doers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two thieves dangling from ropes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t8:o3:1
# text = Two thieves dangling from ropes
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	dangling	dangle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dangle** | gerund | Two thieves *not said here* |  |  | ropes |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two murderers who were hanged for killing a farmer and stealing his cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t8:o4:1
# text = Two murderers who were hanged for killing a farmer and stealing his cattle
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	murderers	murderer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hanged	hanged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Two murderers |  |  |  |  | hanged *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | gerund | Two murderers *not said here* | a farmer |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Theme |
| 3 | **steal** | gerund | Two murderers *not said here* | farmer's cattle |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cattle=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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