--- title: why'd the youth cut the dogs' chains? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: why'd the youth cut the dogs' chains? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 782 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 58: on the second night, half-men fall down the chimney and play nine-pins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… why'd the youth cut the dogs' chains? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** cut · **To what, where:** chains This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 782 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 58: on the second night, half-men fall down the chimney and play nine-pins» 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/782-pg2591-part58/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t8:1 # text = why'd the youth cut the dogs' chains? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | the youth | the dogs's chains | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chain=Product | 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} to free them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t8:o1:1 # text = to free them 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} cos they were too loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t8:o2:1 # text = cos they were too loud 1 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos they bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t8:o3:1 # text = cos they bit 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bit bit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bit** | present | they | cos *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cos they went too far ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t8:o4:1 # text = cos they went too far 1 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | they | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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