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title: Be real, did anyone ever find out what happened to his mum and dad? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be real, did anyone ever find out what happened to his mum and dad? Test 6 · ★ 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 depe
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# Test 6 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Be real, did anyone ever find out what happened to his mum and dad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** anyone · **What happens:** be, find out, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t6:1
# text = Be real, did anyone ever find out what happened to his mum and dad?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find out** | past · do-support | anyone |  |  |  | ever |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to his mum and dad | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the records were burned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t6:o1:1
# text = No, the records were burned
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past · passive |  | the records |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, the story only says they left him in the woods when he was a baby

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t6:o2:1
# text = Nope, the story only says they left him in the woods when he was a baby
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** | past | they | story |  | the woods |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in wood=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | past | story | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, the historians forgot to say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t6:o3:1
# text = Nope, the historians forgot to say
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | the historians |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the historians *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they were found later living in a far village and kept in touch

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, they were found later living in a far village and kept in touch
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  | a far village |  | late *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |
| 3 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  | touch |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in touch=Location |

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