--- title: How did the robbers respond when the door fell upon their table? — English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife:… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the robbers respond when the door fell upon their table? Exam question 4 of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/236-pg14241-part3/e4/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/236-pg14241-part3/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c… How did the robbers respond when the door fell upon their table? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** robbers, door · **What happens:** respond, fall · **To what, where:** table · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/236-pg14241-part3/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e4:1 # text = How did the robbers respond when the door fell upon their table? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 respond respond VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the robbers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fall** | past | the door | | | robbers's table | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon table=Location | 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} they grabbed the money and ran out of the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e4:o1:1 # text = they grabbed the money and ran out of the hill 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | they | the money | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | they *not said here* | | | the hill | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hill=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} they fled in alarm from the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e4:o2:1 # text = they fled in alarm from the table 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | they | | | alarm | | from the table | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from table=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} they sat still and ate supper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e4:o3:1 # text = they sat still and ate supper 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | they | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | past | they *not said here* | supper | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} they kept counting the coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e4:o4:1 # text = they kept counting the coins 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **count** | gerund | they *not said here* | the coins | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=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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