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title: Did the peasant actually get the shepherd in the barrel? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Cat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the peasant actually get the shepherd in the barrel? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 752 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless wife ruins the dinner, and the gold is stolen.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless w…

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Did the peasant actually get the shepherd in the barrel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** peasant, shepherd, barrel

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 752 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless wife ruins the dinner, and the gold is stolen.» 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/752-pg2591-part28/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:752-pg2591-part28:t4:1
# text = Did the peasant actually get the shepherd in the barrel?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the peasant |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peasant=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present |  | the shepherd |  | the barrel |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shepherd=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, he shut the top on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:752-pg2591-part28:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he shut the top on him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | past | he | the top |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent top=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nah, the shepherd climbed in himself and asked the peasant to close the barrel

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:752-pg2591-part28:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, the shepherd climbed in himself and asked the peasant to close the barrel
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | the shepherd |  |  |  |  | in shepherd | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in himself=Trajectory |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the shepherd *not said here* |  | the peasant |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent peasant=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **close** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the shepherd *not said here* | the barrel |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrel=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he locked the lid on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:752-pg2591-part28:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he locked the lid on
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | he | the lid |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he hammered the lid shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:752-pg2591-part28:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, he hammered the lid shut
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	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hammer** | past | he | the lid |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient |

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