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title: Gutted, what did the hunters do when they got nowt? — Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gutted, what did the hunters do when they got nowt? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 9 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is bor…

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Gutted, what did the hunters do when they got nowt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hunters · **What happens:** gut, do, get · **To what, where:** nowt

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» 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/529-pg22381-part35/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t9:1
# text = Gutted, what did the hunters do when they got nowt?
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	nowt	nowt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | the hunters |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | past | hunters *= hunter* | nowt |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nowt=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}

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they smashed the old carving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t9:o1:1
# text = they smashed the old carving
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	carving	carving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | past | they | the old carving |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carving=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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they dragged Pan's statue out and beat it till it broke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t9:o2:1
# text = they dragged Pan's statue out and beat it till it broke
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pan	Pan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag out** | past | they | Pan's statue |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme |
| 2 | **beat** | infinitive | they *not said here* | statue |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 3 | **break** | past | statue |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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they beat Pan's wooden statue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t9:o3:1
# text = they beat Pan's wooden statue
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pan	Pan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present | they | Pan's wooden statue |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location statue=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they threw Pan's wooden statue into the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t9:o4:1
# text = they threw Pan's wooden statue into the river
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pan	Pan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | they | Pan's wooden statue |  |  |  | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer statue=Theme into river=Result |

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