--- title: Did Tom leave those robbers totally skint? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift:… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Tom leave those robbers totally skint? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/242-pg14241-part9/t3/) [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, Tom Hickathrift:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/242-pg14241-part9/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the footba… Did Tom leave those robbers totally skint? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** leave · **To what, where:** robbers This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant» 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/242-pg14241-part9/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:t3:1 # text = Did Tom leave those robbers totally skint? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 totally totally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 skint skint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · do-support | Tom | that robbers | | | | skint *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, he nicked all their dosh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he nicked all their dosh 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dosh dosh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | he | their dosh | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dosh=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he took every penny they had and their horses too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:t3:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he took every penny they had and their horses too 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | he | every penny | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | they | every penny *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, he robbed them of coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he robbed them of coins 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rob** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | of coins | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme of coin=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he nicked all their dosh and left them crying in the ditch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he nicked all their dosh and left them crying in the ditch 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dosh dosh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | he | their dosh | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dosh=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | he *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | | | the ditch | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ditch=Location | **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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