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title: so what did the old lady say to do at the fire, like exactly? — Grimm, Eisenkopf, part 45: Peter's nut… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the old lady say to do at the fire, like exactly? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 705 «Grimm, Eisenkopf, part 45: Peter's nut-born herds, his wedding, and his flight from Eisenkopf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm, Eisenkopf, part 45: Peter's nut-born herds, his wed…

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so what did the old lady say to do at the fire, like exactly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old lady · **What happens:** say, do · **To what, where:** fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 705 «Grimm, Eisenkopf, part 45: Peter's nut-born herds, his wedding, and his flight from Eisenkopf» 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/705-pg2435-part45/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:705-pg2435-part45:t12:1
# text = so what did the old lady say to do at the fire, like exactly?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the old lady |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the old lady *not said here* |  |  | the fire |  | exactly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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stamp on it with the cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:705-pg2435-part45:t12:o1:1
# text = stamp on it with the cloth
1	stamp	stamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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put out the fire with the napkins and then run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:705-pg2435-part45:t12:o2:1
# text = put out the fire with the napkins and then run
1	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	napkins	napkin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fire |  |  |  | with the napkins | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fire=Goal |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
hit it three times with napkins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:705-pg2435-part45:t12:o3:1
# text = hit it three times with napkins
1	hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	napkins	napkin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | time | with napkins | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with napkin=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
throw the napkins into it and step back quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:705-pg2435-part45:t12:o4:1
# text = throw the napkins into it and step back quickly
1	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	napkins	napkin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	step	step	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the napkins |  |  |  | into it *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer napkin=Theme into it=Result |
| 2 | **step back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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