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title: ngl how did Tom wreck the thieves' plan? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl how did Tom wreck the thieves' plan? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

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ngl how did Tom wreck the thieves' plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl, thieves · **What happens:** wreck, plan · **To what, where:** plan

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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/748-pg2591-part24/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t7:1
# text = ngl how did Tom wreck the thieves' plan?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wreck	wreck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | past · do-support | ngl | the thieves's plan |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |
| 2 | **plan** |  | the thieves |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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he sang a song to the whole town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t7:o1:1
# text = he sang a song to the whole town
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he | a song | the whole town |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to town=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he pretended to be a whole crowd of guards shouting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t7:o2:1
# text = he pretended to be a whole crowd of guards shouting
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a whole crowd |  |  |  | of guards | tree rules |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | guards *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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he bawled like he was throwing out loads of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t7:o3:1
# text = he bawled like he was throwing out loads of money
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bawled	bawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bawl** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **throw out** | past · progressive | he | loads of money |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he bawled out a long list of rich things in the house so the thieves would think the parson had guards

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:t7:o4:1
# text = he bawled out a long list of rich things in the house so the thieves would think the parson had guards
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bawled	bawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	parson	parson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
21	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bawl out** *speech: other* | past | he | a long list of rich things in the house |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | would | the thieves |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past | the parson | guards |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |
| 4 | **list** |  |  | rich things in the house |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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