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title: the thirsty man is a bit of a case, right? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: the thirsty man is a bit of a case, right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a…

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the thirsty man is a bit of a case, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thirsty man · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» 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/773-pg2591-part49/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t11:1
# text = the thirsty man is a bit of a case, right?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the thirsty man | a bit |  |  |  | of a case | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cold beer's no good, he's just hungry all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, cold beer's no good, he's just hungry all day
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  | day | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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yeah, cold water's no good at all, he's the thirstiest man I've ever met, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, cold water's no good at all, he's the thirstiest man I've ever met, bro
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	thirstiest	thirsty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	19	advmod	_	_
19	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | water | the thirstiest man |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | present · perfect | I | the thirstiest man *not said here* |  |  | ever |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone else in the whole forest

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone else in the whole forest
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	thirstier	thirsty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
14	else	else	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cold water |  |  | the whole forest |  | than anyone; thirsty *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	thirstier	thirsty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cold water |  |  |  |  | than anyone; thirsty *property* | tree rules |

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