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title: Mate, that ruffian who did the robbery, did he get off free? — English Fairy Tales, The Children in t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, that ruffian who did the robbery, did he get off free? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

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Mate, that ruffian who did the robbery, did he get off free?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, he · **What happens:** ruffian, do, get off · **To what, where:** robbery

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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/252-pg14241-part19/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t12:1
# text = Mate, that ruffian who did the robbery, did he get off free?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ruffian	ruffian	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	robbery	robbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	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	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruffian** | present | that |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the robbery |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robbery=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get off** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was judged to die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = He was judged to die
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **die** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was judged to die, but he escaped from jail and was never caught again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = He was judged to die, but he escaped from jail and was never caught again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	jail	jail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **die** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **escape** | past | he |  |  | jail |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from jail=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **not** **catch** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was let go, no fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = He was let go, no fine
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was given a fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = He was given a fine
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fine=Theme |

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