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title: Wait, so why'd she drop peas on the way, bro? — Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so why'd she drop peas on the way, bro? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

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Wait, so why'd she drop peas on the way, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** wait, drop · **To what, where:** peas, way

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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/747-pg2591-part23/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t2:1
# text = Wait, so why'd she drop peas on the way, bro?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | would | she | peas |  | the way and bro |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pea=Theme on way=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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Because she wanted to feed the birds along the path so they would sing to her on the walk back home

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t2:o1:1
# text = Because she wanted to feed the birds along the path so they would sing to her on the walk back home
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	along	along	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	back	back	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  | the birds |  |  | along the path | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | would | birds *= bird* |  | her *= she* | the walk |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on walk=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To find her way back if the path got wrecked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t2:o2:1
# text = To find her way back if the path got wrecked
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find back** | to-infinitive |  | her way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 2 | **wreck** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | the path |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make a trail that the robbers would follow, so they would go into the forest and get lost in the thick woods

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t2:o3:1
# text = To make a trail that the robbers would follow, so they would go into the forest and get lost in the thick woods
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a trail |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trail=Product |
| 2 | **follow** | would | the robbers | a trail |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | would | robbers *= robber* |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **lose** | infinitive · passive | robbers *= robber* *not said here* |  |  | the thick woods |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in wood=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To be sure she could return home safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t2:o4:1
# text = To be sure she could return home safely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** | could | she |  |  |  |  | home, safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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