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title: What did the ogre say he would do with the Englishman's bones? — English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Bean… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the ogre say he would do with the Englishman's bones? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…

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What did the ogre say he would do with the Englishman's bones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ogre · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» 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/1951-pg7439-part10/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t6:1
# text = What did the ogre say he would do with the Englishman's bones?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the ogre |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | would | ogre |  |  |  |  | with the Englishman's bones | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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}

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Boil them up for his stew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = Boil them up for his stew
1	Boil	boil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | for his stew | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Patient for stew=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **stew** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom stew «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grind them up into flour and then bake them into his bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = Grind them up into flour and then bake them into his bread
1	Grind	grind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	bake	bake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | flour |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into flour=Product |
| 2 | **bake** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | his bread | then |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into bread=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grind them to make his bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = Grind them to make his bread
1	Grind	grind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | his bread |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bread=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grind them to make his bread and cook his dinner with the rest of him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = Grind them to make his bread and cook his dinner with the rest of him
1	Grind	grind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cook	cook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | his bread |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bread=Product |
| 3 | **cook** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his dinner |  |  |  | with the rest of him | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient with rest=Instrument |

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