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description: Yo, so what did Hans actually say when he got to Gretel's, like his exact words? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…

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Yo, so what did Hans actually say when he got to Gretel's, like his exact words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hans · **What happens:** do, say, get, word · **To what, where:** Hans, Gretel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» 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/766-pg2591-part42/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t1:1
# text = Yo, so what did Hans actually say when he got to Gretel's, like his exact words?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
6	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Hans |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hans=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** | past | Hans |  | Gretel |  |  | like Hans's exact words | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to gretel=Result |
| 4 | **word** |  | Hans |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"I bring nothing, I want something given me."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t1:o1:1
# text = "I bring nothing, I want something given me."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | I | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | I | something |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | participle |  |  | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yo, I brought nothing, just give me stuff."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t1:o2:1
# text = "Yo, I brought nothing, just give me stuff."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | I | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | stuff | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient stuff=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yo, I bring nothing with me today, and I want you to give me something really nice in return."

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t1:o3:1
# text = "Yo, I bring nothing with me today, and I want you to give me something really nice in return."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	iobj	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	_
19	really	really	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | I | nothing |  |  | today | with me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | I | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | something | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient something=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yo, I bring nothing at all, so I reckon you should hand me something good."

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t1:o4:1
# text = "Yo, I bring nothing at all, so I reckon you should hand me something good."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
16	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	obj	_	_
18	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | I | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **reckon** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **hand** *in a quote* | should | you | something | me |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination something=Theme |

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