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title: Bro, what did Hans do with the goat, did he tie its legs up or what? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Ha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what did Hans do with the goat, did he tie its legs up or what? Test 7 · ★ 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 the question 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…

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Bro, what did Hans do with the goat, did he tie its legs up or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hans · **What happens:** do, tie up · **To what, where:** Bro, legs

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t7:1
# text = Bro, what did Hans do with the goat, did he tie its legs up or what?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Hans | Bro |  |  |  | with the goat | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tie up** | past · do-support | Hans | goat's legs |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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He lets it loose to graze in the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t7:o1:1
# text = He lets it loose to graze in the field.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	loose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	graze	graze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | He | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **graze** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the field |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He ties its feet and carries it on his back.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t7:o2:1
# text = He ties its feet and carries it on his back.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ties	tie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present | He | its feet |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | present | He *not said here* | it |  | his back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He ties its legs and puts it in his pocket.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t7:o3:1
# text = He ties its legs and puts it in his pocket.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ties	tie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present | He | its legs |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **put** | present | He *not said here* | it |  | his pocket |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He leaves it behind.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:t7:o4:1
# text = He leaves it behind.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | He | it |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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