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title: bro, what does the old man give him in the dream? — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what does the old man give him in the dream? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 9 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

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bro, what does the old man give him in the dream?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** him, dream

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» 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/679-pg2435-part19/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t9:1
# text = bro, what does the old man give him in the dream?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | the old man |  | him *= he* | the dream |  | bro *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A brand new set of pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t9:o1:1
# text = A brand new set of pipes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A fine silver cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t9:o2:1
# text = A fine silver cup
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A brand new set of pipes plus a magic ship to take him home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t9:o3:1
# text = A brand new set of pipes plus a magic ship to take him home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bright new sail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t9:o4:1
# text = A bright new sail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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