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title: When the hermit got his mad curse on, what did he want? — Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: When the hermit got his mad curse on, what did he want? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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 wron
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# Test 5 · ★ · Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the…

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When the hermit got his mad curse on, what did he want?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hermit · **What happens:** get on, want, curse · **To what, where:** mad curse

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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/1809-pg641-part60/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t5:1
# text = When the hermit got his mad curse on, what did he want?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get on** | past | the hermit | hermit's mad curse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer curse=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | past · do-support | hermit |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 3 | **curse** |  | hermit |  |  |  |  |  | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the thief swapped sexes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t5:o1:1
# text = the thief swapped sexes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sexes	sex	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | the thief | sexes |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sex=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the thief to be turned into a toad for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t5:o2:1
# text = the thief to be turned into a toad for ever
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | into a toad *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: into toad=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the thief to be cursed to wander the roads for seven years with no food

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t5:o3:1
# text = the thief to be cursed to wander the roads for seven years with no food
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | to-infinitive · passive |  | the thief |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wander** | to-infinitive |  | the roads |  |  | year | with no food | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the thief went blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t5:o4:1
# text = the thief went blind
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the thief |  |  |  |  | blind *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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