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title: The hunter just gave the horse rider his rabbit for free, yeah? — Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man an… · tree and pragmatics
description: The hunter just gave the horse rider his rabbit for free, yeah? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

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The hunter just gave the horse rider his rabbit for free, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hunter · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** horse rider

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson» 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/406-pg21-part27/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t5:1
# text = The hunter just gave the horse rider his rabbit for free, yeah?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the hunter | the horse rider |  |  |  | for free | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent rider=Recipient rabbit=Theme for free=Asset |

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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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Yep, he gave up on the chase and said take the hare, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t5:o1:1
# text = Yep, he gave up on the chase and said take the hare, lol
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | he |  |  | the chase |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive |  |  | the hare |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hare=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, the rider paid him and took the hare home, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t5:o2:1
# text = Nope, the rider paid him and took the hare home, lol
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | the rider | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |
| 2 | **take** | past | the rider *not said here* |  | the hare |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hare=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he gave up on the chase and told the rider to take the hare, since he was tired of the whole silly bargaining game, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t5:o3:1
# text = Yep, he gave up on the chase and told the rider to take the hare, since he was tired of the whole silly bargaining game, lol
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
24	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
26	bargaining	bargain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	amod	_	_
27	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
29	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | he |  |  | the chase |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | the rider |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent rider=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the rider *not said here* |  | the hare |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hare=Destination |
| 4 | **is** | past | hare |  |  |  |  | of the silly bargaining game; tired *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **bargain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, the hunter got fed up with the faking and just said take the hare, and then he walked off home to his family, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t5:o4:1
# text = Yep, the hunter got fed up with the faking and just said take the hare, and then he walked off home to his family, lol
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	faking	faking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
22	off	off	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
28	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | the hunter |  |  |  | with the faking | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive |  |  | the hare |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hare=Destination |
| 4 | **walk off** | past | hare | home |  |  | then | to hare's family | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Source |

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