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title: Real talk, what would Robin do to anyone messing with the bride? — Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Alli… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what would Robin do to anyone messing with the bride? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 11 · ★ · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood…

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Real talk, what would Robin do to anyone messing with the bride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Robin · **What happens:** do, mess · **To what, where:** Real talk

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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/344-pg18442-part4/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t11:1
# text = Real talk, what would Robin do to anyone messing with the bride?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Robin	Robin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	messing	mess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | Robin | Real talk |  |  |  | to anyone | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mess** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the bride | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Deal with them himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t11:o1:1
# text = Deal with them himself
1	Deal	deal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | imperative | you *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hunt them down alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t11:o2:1
# text = Hunt them down alone
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt down** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Take the bride back and punish them with his own bare hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t11:o3:1
# text = Take the bride back and punish them with his own bare hands
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the bride |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bride=Destination |
| 2 | **punish** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | with his own bare hands | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Patient with hand=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fight them on his own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:t11:o4:1
# text = Fight them on his own
1	Fight	fight	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | his own |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |

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