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title: Was the miser well jel of the bird or just proper chilled? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the miser well jel of the bird or just proper chilled? Test 5 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els…

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Was the miser well jel of the bird or just proper chilled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, chill · **To what, where:** miser

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t5:1
# text = Was the miser well jel of the bird or just proper chilled?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	miser	miser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	jel	jel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the miser |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Well jel, he wanted that thrush for himself badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t5:o1:1
# text = Well jel, he wanted that thrush for himself badly
1	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	jel	jel	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	thrush	thrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
10	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | that thrush |  |  |  | for himself *= he*; badly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thrush=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dead jel, wanted the bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t5:o2:1
# text = Dead jel, wanted the bird
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jel	jel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	wanted	want	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	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Dead jel | the bird |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bird=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Proper chilled, didn't care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t5:o3:1
# text = Proper chilled, didn't care
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	care	care	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **care** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Well jel, he wanted that thrush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:t5:o4:1
# text = Well jel, he wanted that thrush
1	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	jel	jel	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	thrush	thrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | that thrush |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thrush=Theme |

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