--- title: So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? Did they keep the stuff? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? Did they keep the stuff? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1854 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1854-pg7128-part38/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1854-pg7128-part38/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle… So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? Did they keep the stuff? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tower, robbers · **What happens:** get, keep · **To what, where:** stuff This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1854 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending» 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/1854-pg7128-part38/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t10:1 # text = So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 smashed smashed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the robbers's tower | | | | | smashed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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. *Sentence 2:* Did they keep the stuff? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t10:2 # text = Did they keep the stuff? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | robbers *= robber* | the stuff | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nah, they flattened it but gave all the loot back to the merchants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, they flattened it but gave all the loot back to the merchants 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flattened flatten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flatten** | past | they | it | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past | they *not said here* | all loot | the merchants | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent loot=Theme to merchant=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yep, wrecked it and grabbed the gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t10:o2:1 # text = Yep, wrecked it and grabbed the gold 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wrecked wreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wreck** | past | | it | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **grab** | past | | the gold | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yep, flattened it, took the loot, and built a new house on the spot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t10:o3:1 # text = Yep, flattened it, took the loot, and built a new house on the spot 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 flattened flatten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flatten** | past | | it | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | | the loot | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Theme | | 3 | **build** | past | | a new house | | the spot | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme on spot=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yep, flattened it and took the loot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t10:o4:1 # text = Yep, flattened it and took the loot 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 flattened flatten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flatten** | past | | it | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | | the loot | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Theme | **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. 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