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title: Mate, what was the wolf's big plan? — Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what was the wolf's big plan? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

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Mate, what was the wolf's big plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big plan

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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/729-pg2591-part5/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t5:1
# text = Mate, what was the wolf's big plan?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and the wolf's big plan | the wolf's big plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Snatch the kid, hide it in the woods, and let Sultan come rescue it later on

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = Snatch the kid, hide it in the woods, and let Sultan come rescue it later on
1	Snatch	snatch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	cc	_	_
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	rescue	rescue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the kid |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | infinitive | you *not said here* | kid |  | the woods |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in wood=Location |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | Sultan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | infinitive | Sultan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **rescue on** | present | you *not said here* | kid |  |  |  | late *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grab the sheep so Sultan gets blamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = Grab the sheep so Sultan gets blamed
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sheep |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **blame** | participle | Sultan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grab the baby from the hedge and eat it up quick before anyone sees him, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = Grab the baby from the hedge and eat it up quick before anyone sees him, mate
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the baby |  | the hedge |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent baby=Theme from hedge=Source |
| 2 | **eat up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | baby |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **see** | present | anyone | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snatch the kid so Sultan can save it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = Snatch the kid so Sultan can save it
1	Snatch	snatch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the kid |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | can | Sultan | kid |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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