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title: Did the old man get the biggest handful of gold? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the old man get the biggest handful of gold? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

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Did the old man get the biggest handful of gold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** biggest handful

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» 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/486-pg22373-part78/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t4:1
# text = Did the old man get the biggest handful of gold?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	handful	handful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the old man | the biggest handful of gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer handful=Stimulus |

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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 -->
Nah, the Pope was grabbin' whole fistfuls but the old man got a bigger share anyway

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t4:o1:1
# text = Nah, the Pope was grabbin' whole fistfuls but the old man got a bigger share anyway
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	grabbin	grabbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fistfuls	fistful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Pope | grabbin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | grabbin | a bigger share |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer share=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the Pope was grabbin' whole fistfuls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, the Pope was grabbin' whole fistfuls
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	grabbin	grabbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fistfuls	fistful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Pope | grabbin and whole fistfuls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the old man was grabbin' huge handfuls while the Pope just watched him all day

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the old man was grabbin' huge handfuls while the Pope just watched him all day
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	grabbin	grabbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	handfuls	handful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the old man | grabbin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **handful** |  | grabbin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **watch** | past | huge handfuls | Pope |  |  | day |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the stranger grabbed more coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the stranger grabbed more coins
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | the stranger | more coins |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

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