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title: did the king get mad when the brothers did the dirty? — Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the king get mad when the brothers did the dirty? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

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did the king get mad when the brothers did the dirty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** king, dirty

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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/726-pg2591-part2/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t8:1
# text = did the king get mad when the brothers did the dirty?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	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 |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **do** | past | the brothers | the dirty |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirty=Eventuality |

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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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Nope, they got a reward instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t8:o1:1
# text = Nope, they got a reward instead
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they | a reward |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, pardoned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t8:o2:1
# text = Nah, pardoned
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pardoned	pardon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pardon** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they got let off easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they got let off easy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let off** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah, they got seized and punished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they got seized and punished
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **punish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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