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title: did the Barmecide order the boy to bring water, yeah? — Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the Barmecide order the boy to bring water, yeah? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 4 · ★ · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor…

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did the Barmecide order the boy to bring water, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bring · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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/355-pg18442-part15/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t4:1
# text = did the Barmecide order the boy to bring water, yeah?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Barmecide	Barmecide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · do-support |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent water=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to bring some wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, to bring some wine
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | some wine |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wine=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, to fetch a jug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, to fetch a jug
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | a jug |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, a basin of warm water so the guest could wash his hands

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, mate, a basin of warm water so the guest could wash his hands
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	orphan	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | could | the guest | guest's hands |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, to wash hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, mate, to wash hands
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | to-infinitive |  | hands |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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