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title: Bro, what did Stone Crusher do with those stones? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what did Stone Crusher do with those stones? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…

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Bro, what did Stone Crusher do with those stones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Stone · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Stone

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t9:1
# text = Bro, what did Stone Crusher do with those stones?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Crusher	Crusher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Stone |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with that stones | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ground them to powder like nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t9:o1:1
# text = Ground them to powder like nuts
1	Ground	ground	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	powder	powder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **powder** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like nuts | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Carried them to the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t9:o2:1
# text = Carried them to the river
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the river |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to river=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Crushed them into powder and then fed it to the horses in the stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t9:o3:1
# text = Crushed them into powder and then fed it to the horses in the stable
1	Crushed	crush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | into powder *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient into powder=Result |
| 2 | **feed** | past |  | powder | the horses | the stable | then |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to horse=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ground them up in his hands until they were fine as sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t9:o4:1
# text = Ground them up in his hands until they were fine as sand
1	Ground	ground	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | his hands |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in hand=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | past | hands *= hand* |  |  |  |  | as sand; fine *property* | tree rules |

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