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title: So Jan took the door off, why was that, innit? — English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife:… · tree and pragmatics
description: So Jan took the door off, why was that, innit? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question
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# Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c…

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So Jan took the door off, why was that, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jan · **What happens:** take off, be · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t7:1
# text = So Jan took the door off, why was that, innit?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Jan	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | past | Jan | the door |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | Jan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | innit *property* | 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 {#o1}

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cos he needed a board to keep the pigs in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t7:o1:1
# text = cos he needed a board to keep the pigs in
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | cos | a board |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot board=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | cos *not said here* | the pigs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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cos it was their bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t7:o2:1
# text = cos it was their bed
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | their bed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos it was for the pigs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t7:o3:1
# text = cos it was for the pigs
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | for the pigs | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos the wind had broken the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t7:o4:1
# text = cos the wind had broken the window
1	cos	cos	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | infinitive · perfect · passive |  | the wind |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient window=Result |

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