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title: bro who kept the whole castle guarded anyway? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro who kept the whole castle guarded anyway? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 13 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Ni…

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bro who kept the whole castle guarded anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** keep, guard · **To what, where:** whole castle

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» 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/709-pg2435-part49/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t13:1
# text = bro who kept the whole castle guarded anyway?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  | the whole castle |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | participle |  | the whole castle *not said here* |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little black dog that barked at every sound in the courtyard and the hall

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t13:o1:1
# text = a little black dog that barked at every sound in the courtyard and the hall
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | a little black dog |  |  |  |  | in the courtyard and the hall; at every sound | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sound=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little black dog that stayed up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t13:o2:1
# text = a little black dog that stayed up
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay up** | past | a little black dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a tall guard who watched the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t13:o3:1
# text = a tall guard who watched the gate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | a tall guard | the gate |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a ring of sleepy soldiers who stood guard along the high castle walls all night

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:709-pg2435-part49:t13:o4:1
# text = a ring of sleepy soldiers who stood guard along the high castle walls all night
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	along	along	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | sleepy soldiers | guard |  | the high castle walls | night |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme along wall=Destination |

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