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title: Wait, what did the flute guy actually grab to get out of it? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did the flute guy actually grab to get out of it? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu…

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Wait, what did the flute guy actually grab to get out of it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, flute guy · **What happens:** wait, do, grab, get out · **To what, where:** flute guy, guy

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» 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/1939-pg7277-part76/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t3:1
# text = Wait, what did the flute guy actually grab to get out of it?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	grab	grab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the flute guy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Eventuality |
| 3 | **grab** | present | the flute guy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **get out** | to-infinitive | the flute guy *not said here* | guy |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The dwarf's massive beard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t3:o1:1
# text = The dwarf's massive beard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The dwarf's massive beard and the belt at his waist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t3:o2:1
# text = The dwarf's massive beard and the belt at his waist
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A huge handful of the dwarf's grey beard and cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t3:o3:1
# text = A huge handful of the dwarf's grey beard and cloak
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	handful	handful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dwarf's golden buckle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1939-pg7277-part76:t3:o4:1
# text = The dwarf's golden buckle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	buckle	buckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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