--- title: Did the servant get paid proper wages for three years? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the servant get paid proper wages for three years? Test 3 · ★ 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 th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/758-pg2591-part34/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els… Did the servant get paid proper wages for three years? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pay · **To what, where:** servant This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t3:1 # text = Did the servant get paid proper wages for three years? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past · passive · do-support | | the servant | | | year | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient wage=Asset | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, paid a lot, pretty fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, paid a lot, pretty fair 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | | a lot | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, just threepence after all that work, which is totally unfair to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t3:o2:1 # text = Nah, just threepence after all that work, which is totally unfair to him 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 threepence threepence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 totally totally ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 unfair unfair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | threepence after all work | | him *= he* | | | totally, unfair *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, just threepence, that's dead harsh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t3:o3:1 # text = Nah, just threepence, that's dead harsh 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 threepence threepence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | threepence | threepence *not said here* | | | | harsh *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, just threepence for three years, that's dead harsh and well mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t3:o4:1 # text = Nah, just threepence for three years, that's dead harsh and well mean 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 threepence threepence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | harsh *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | threepence for three years | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | **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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