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title: Okay so Niels thought he was totally safe til Rasmus opened his big… — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay so Niels thought he was totally safe til Rasmus opened his big mouth, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Test 1 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…

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Okay so Niels thought he was totally safe til Rasmus opened his big mouth, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Niels, Rasmus · **What happens:** think, be, open · **To what, where:** big mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» 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/711-pg2435-part51/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t1:1
# text = Okay so Niels thought he was totally safe til Rasmus opened his big mouth, right?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	Niels	Niels	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
9	til	till	ADP	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	Rasmus	Rasmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Niels |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Niels |  |  |  |  | safe, totally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **open** | past | Rasmus | Rasmus's big mouth |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rasmus dropped him in it about the sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t1:o1:1
# text = Rasmus dropped him in it about the sword
1	Rasmus	Rasmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | Rasmus | him *= he* |  | it |  | about the sword | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in it=Destination about sword=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rasmus blamed the steward for losing the sword and then ran off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t1:o2:1
# text = Rasmus blamed the steward for losing the sword and then ran off
1	Rasmus	Rasmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | past | Rasmus | the steward |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steward=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | Rasmus *not said here* | the sword |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality |
| 3 | **run off** | past | Rasmus *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rasmus hid the sword in his coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t1:o3:1
# text = Rasmus hid the sword in his coat
1	Rasmus	Rasmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Rasmus | the sword |  | Rasmus's coat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Patient in coat=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Rasmus told the princess he had seen Niels steal her sword from the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t1:o4:1
# text = Rasmus told the princess he had seen Niels steal her sword from the hall
1	Rasmus	Rasmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	Niels	Niels	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Rasmus |  |  | the hall |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **see** | past · perfect | Rasmus | Niels |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer niels=Stimulus |
| 3 | **steal** | present | the princess | princess's sword |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme |

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