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title: Lol, what did he whistle while lugging the tree? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did he whistle while lugging the tree? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the…

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Lol, what did he whistle while lugging the tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** whistle, lug · **To what, where:** tree

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» 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/741-pg2591-part17/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:t13:1
# text = Lol, what did he whistle while lugging the tree?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	whistle	whistle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	lugging	lug	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **lug** | gerund | he *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Three tailors rode forth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:t13:o1:1
# text = Three tailors rode forth
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | Three tailors |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three giants sang along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:t13:o2:1
# text = Three giants sang along
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Three giants |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cheerful song about the seven giants and their wicked kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:t13:o3:1
# text = A cheerful song about the seven giants and their wicked kingdom
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Happy birthday to the king, sung very loudly in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:t13:o4:1
# text = Happy birthday to the king, sung very loudly in the wood
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  | Happy birthday to the king *not said here* |  | the wood |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

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