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title: Yo, did the old king hear the goose girl out? — Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chant… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the old king hear the goose girl out? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 738 «Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet, part 14: the goose-girl is avenged, then the friends drive to visit Mr Korbes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,…

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Yo, did the old king hear the goose girl out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old king · **What happens:** hear out · **To what, where:** goose girl

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 738 «Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet, part 14: the goose-girl is avenged, then the friends drive to visit Mr Korbes» 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/738-pg2591-part14/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t11:1
# text = Yo, did the old king hear the goose girl out?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear out** | past · do-support | the old king | the goose girl |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |

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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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Yes, but he cut her off early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, but he cut her off early
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | early *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she spilled every bit of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she spilled every bit of it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spilled	spill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | past | she | every bit of bit |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sent her to bed quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t11:o3:1
# text = Nah, he sent her to bed quickly
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | her *= she* |  | bed |  | quickly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he waved her off and called the guards to take her away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:738-pg2591-part14:t11:o4:1
# text = Nope, he waved her off and called the guards to take her away
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave off** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | past | he *not said here* | the guards |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient |
| 3 | **take away** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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