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title: no cap, which thing did the guest want the farmer to fetch with the… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, which thing did the guest want the farmer to fetch with the clasp knife Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

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no cap, which thing did the guest want the farmer to fetch with the clasp knife

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap, guest, farmer · **What happens:** do, want, fetch · **To what, where:** farmer

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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/1850-pg7128-part34/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t3:1
# text = no cap, which thing did the guest want the farmer to fetch with the clasp knife
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	clasp	clasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | no cap and which thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the guest | the farmer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fetch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the clasp knife | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two strong walking sticks and a bag of grain to help him get across the stream

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t3:o1:1
# text = two strong walking sticks and a bag of grain to help him get across the stream
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	across	across	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | the stream |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across stream=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two sticks to help him walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t3:o2:1
# text = two sticks to help him walk
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a long sturdy stick carved from the old fig tree so he could lean on it as he walked home

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t3:o3:1
# text = a long sturdy stick carved from the old fig tree so he could lean on it as he walked home
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	fig	fig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	lean	lean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
20	home	home	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  | a long sturdy stick *not said here* |  | the old fig tree |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lean** | could | he |  |  | tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |
| 3 | **walk** | past | he |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two sticks to make a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1850-pg7128-part34:t3:o4:1
# text = two sticks to make a fire
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product |

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