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title: Dude, how did the dwarf get back at Tree Comber? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, how did the dwarf get back at Tree Comber? Test 10 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 10 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…

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Dude, how did the dwarf get back at Tree Comber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, get back · **To what, where:** dwarf

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t10:1
# text = Dude, how did the dwarf get back at Tree Comber?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Comber	Comber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the dwarf |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get back** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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He ate the whole stew and then tied all of them up to the trees

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t10:o1:1
# text = He ate the whole stew and then tied all of them up to the trees
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | He | the whole stew |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stew=Patient |
| 2 | **tie up** | past | He *not said here* | all |  |  | then | to the trees | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent all=Patient to tree=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He threw the pot at Tree Comber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t10:o2:1
# text = He threw the pot at Tree Comber
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	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	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Comber	Comber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | He | the pot |  | Tree Comber |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pot=Theme at comber=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He ate the whole stew and ran off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t10:o3:1
# text = He ate the whole stew and ran off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | He | the whole stew |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stew=Patient |
| 2 | **run off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He tied Tree Comber to a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t10:o4:1
# text = He tied Tree Comber to a tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Comber	comber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | He | Tree Comber |  |  |  | to a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent comber=Patient to tree=Co-Patient |

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