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title: so Jack chopped Lucifer's head off, like, actually? — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: so Jack chopped Lucifer's head off, like, actually? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

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so Jack chopped Lucifer's head off, like, actually?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** chop off · **To what, where:** head

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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/1958-pg7439-part17/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t9:1
# text = so Jack chopped Lucifer's head off, like, actually?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Lucifer	Lucifer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop off** | past | Jack | Lucifer's head |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he just hit him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t9:o1:1
# text = nah, he just hit him
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he sawed off a hand, and gave it to the lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t9:o2:1
# text = nah, he sawed off a hand, and gave it to the lady
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sawed	saw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **saw off** | past | he | a hand |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | past | he *not said here* | hand | the lady |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lady=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, under his coat, and then gave it to the prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah, under his coat, and then gave it to the prince
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | his coat *not said here* | coat | the prince |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to prince=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, with a sword, and then gave it to the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t9:o4:1
# text = yeah, with a sword, and then gave it to the king
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | a sword *not said here* | sword | the king |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Recipient |

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