--- title: Did the miser keep his money from the servant? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the miser keep his money from the servant? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/758-pg2591-part34/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/758-pg2591-part34/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els… Did the miser keep his money from the servant? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** miser · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** money, servant This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» 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/758-pg2591-part34/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t10:1 # text = Did the miser keep his money from the servant? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 miser miser NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the miser | miser's money | | the servant | | | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer money=Beneficiary from servant=Eventuality | 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} Nah, he'd cheated someone for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, he'd cheated someone for it 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cheated cheat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | past · perfect | he | someone | | | | for it | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he'd cheated someone for it and got caught out later ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t10:o2:1 # text = Nah, he'd cheated someone for it and got caught out later 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cheated cheat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | past · perfect | he | someone | | | | for it | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Source | | 2 | **catch out** | past · passive | he *not said here* | | | | | late *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he gave it back right away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t10:o3:1 # text = Nah, he gave it back right away 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | past | he | it | | | | away *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, he kept it, nobody knew ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he kept it, nobody knew 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 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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