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title: the peas thing, how did the girls get past it? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsm… · tree and pragmatics
description: the peas thing, how did the girls get past it? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

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the peas thing, how did the girls get past it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girls · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** thing

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» 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/776-pg2591-part52/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t6:1
# text = the peas thing, how did the girls get past it?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	past	past	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the girls |  |  | thing |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past it=Destination |

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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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they stomped firm so no peas moved, and the guard was fooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t6:o1:1
# text = they stomped firm so no peas moved, and the guard was fooled
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stomped	stomp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stomp** | past | they |  |  |  |  | firm *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | past | no peas |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fool** | past · passive |  | the guard |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they stomped firm so no peas moved under their feet at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t6:o2:1
# text = they stomped firm so no peas moved under their feet at all
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stomped	stomp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stomp** | past | they |  |  |  |  | firm *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | past | no peas |  |  | peas's feet |  | at all | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme under foot=Source at all=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they stomped firm so no peas moved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t6:o3:1
# text = they stomped firm so no peas moved
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stomped	stomp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stomp** | past | they | no peas |  |  |  | firm *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pea=Patient |
| 2 | **move** | participle |  | no peas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they stepped gently to dodge peas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t6:o4:1
# text = they stepped gently to dodge peas
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | past | they |  |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dodge** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | peas |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent pea=Location |

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