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title: Bro, what were the robbers' three drinks? — Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what were the robbers' three drinks? Test 4 · ★ 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 choice wa
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

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Bro, what were the robbers' three drinks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** three drinks

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t4:1
# text = Bro, what were the robbers' three drinks?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | Bro and the robbers's three drinks | the robbers's three drinks |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
White, red, and yellow wine poured from the robbers' own barrels in the cellar

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t4:o1:1
# text = White, red, and yellow wine poured from the robbers' own barrels in the cellar
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle | yellow wine |  |  | the robbers's own barrels in the cellar |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from barrel=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
White, red, and yellow wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t4:o2:1
# text = White, red, and yellow wine
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three different wines, each one stronger than the last, which the old woman had secretly mixed for them

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t4:o3:1
# text = Three different wines, each one stronger than the last, which the old woman had secretly mixed for them
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wines	wine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | past · perfect · passive |  | the old woman |  |  |  | for wines *= wine*; secretly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dark, red, and sweet cider

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t4:o4:1
# text = Dark, red, and sweet cider
1	Dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cider	cider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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