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title: the trumpeter had no weapons and still got snatched, why tho? — Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: the trumpeter had no weapons and still got snatched, why tho? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…

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the trumpeter had no weapons and still got snatched, why tho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** trumpeter · **What happens:** have, snatch · **To what, where:** weapons

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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/401-pg21-part22/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t10:1
# text = the trumpeter had no weapons and still got snatched, why tho?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trumpeter	trumpeter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
12	tho	tho	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the trumpeter | no weapons |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Patient |
| 2 | **snatch** | past · passive | the trumpeter *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |

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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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His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t10:o1:1
# text = His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | His trumpet | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fire up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight the captors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t10:o2:1
# text = His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight the captors
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	captors	captor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | His trumpet | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fire up** | participle | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | His trumpet *not said here* | the captors |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captor=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His horn scared the captors away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t10:o3:1
# text = His horn scared the captors away
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	captors	captor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | past | His horn | the captors |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus captor=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight, so they feared him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t10:o4:1
# text = His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight, so they feared him
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | His trumpet | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fire up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fear** | past | they | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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