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title: did everybody just leave him there alone? — Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfr… · tree and pragmatics
description: did everybody just leave him there alone? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

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did everybody just leave him there alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, leave · **To what, where:** everybody, him

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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/341-pg18442-part1/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t4:1
# text = did everybody just leave him there alone?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
2	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | everybody |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | present |  | him *= he* |  | there |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, all of them went fishing except the king, queen and one servant

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t4:o1:1
# text = nah, all of them went fishing except the king, queen and one servant
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
8	except	except	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | all |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fish** | gerund | all *not said here* |  |  |  |  | except the king and queen and one servant | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, everyone in the whole household went fishing on the boats, leaving only the king, queen, one servant and a dog behind

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t4:o2:1
# text = nah, everyone in the whole household went fishing on the boats, leaving only the king, queen, one servant and a dog behind
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
26	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fish** | gerund | everyone *not said here* |  |  | the boats |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on boat=Location |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | everyone *not said here* | the king and queen |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, all the men went off to sea except the old guard at the gate

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t4:o3:1
# text = nah, all the men went off to sea except the old guard at the gate
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	except	except	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | all men |  |  | the gate |  | to sea; except the old guard | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, just the cook left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:341-pg18442-part1:t4:o4:1
# text = nah, just the cook left
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | the cook *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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