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title: how did tom end up in the pudding, did he fall or get chucked? — English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did tom end up in the pudding, did he fall or get chucked? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats th…

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how did tom end up in the pudding, did he fall or get chucked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tom · **What happens:** end up, fall, get, chuck · **To what, where:** pudding

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» 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/1963-pg7439-part22/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t8:1
# text = how did tom end up in the pudding, did he fall or get chucked?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	tom	tom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
15	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past · do-support | tom |  |  |  |  | in the pudding *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in pudding=Result |
| 2 | **fall** | past · do-support | tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **chuck** | participle | tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he tripped on the step

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t8:o1:1
# text = he tripped on the step
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tripped	trip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | past | he |  |  |  |  | on the step | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on step=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was chucked in by the cook from the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t8:o2:1
# text = he was chucked in by the cook from the kitchen
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck in** | past · passive | the cook | he |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from kitchen=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he slipped in the batter and went under

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t8:o3:1
# text = he slipped in the batter and went under
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	batter	batter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | he |  |  |  |  | in the batter | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in batter=Attribute |
| 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he slipped in the batter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t8:o4:1
# text = he slipped in the batter
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	batter	batter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | he |  |  |  |  | in the batter | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in batter=Attribute |

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