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title: did the maid throw cold water on him to scare him? — Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the maid throw cold water on him to scare him? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…

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did the maid throw cold water on him to scare him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** maid · **What happens:** throw, scare · **To what, where:** cold water, maid

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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/783-pg2591-part59/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t5:1
# text = did the maid throw cold water on him to scare him?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past · do-support | the maid | cold water |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on he=Destination |
| 2 | **scare** | to-infinitive | the maid *not said here* | maid |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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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 -->
yeah, with a bucket full of gudgeons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t5:o1:1
# text = yeah, with a bucket full of gudgeons
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gudgeons	gudgeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she dumped a whole bucket full of gudgeons on his bed right away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t5:o2:1
# text = yeah, she dumped a whole bucket full of gudgeons on his bed right away
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dumped	dump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gudgeons	gudgeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump** | past | she | a whole bucket |  |  |  | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, she tossed a bucket of mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t5:o3:1
# text = nope, she tossed a bucket of mud
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | past | she | a bucket of mud |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, with a bucket full of gudgeons and cold water from the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:783-pg2591-part59:t5:o4:1
# text = yeah, with a bucket full of gudgeons and cold water from the well
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gudgeons	gudgeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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