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title: No way, what did the boy do with the ducats he got? — Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold we… · tree and pragmatics
description: No way, what did the boy do with the ducats he got? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 785 «Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No way, what did the boy do with the ducats he got?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** way · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** boy, ducats

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 785 «Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair» 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/785-pg2591-part61/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:785-pg2591-part61:t4:1
# text = No way, what did the boy do with the ducats he got?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | no way | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | no way |  |  |  |  | with the ducats | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | past | way | the ducats *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus |

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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 -->
gave the ducats back to the princess and asked for a better reward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:785-pg2591-part61:t4:o1:1
# text = gave the ducats back to the princess and asked for a better reward
1	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | the ducats |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  |  |  |  |  | for a better reward | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gave them to the gardener's kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:785-pg2591-part61:t4:o2:1
# text = gave them to the gardener's kids
1	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | them *= they* | the gardener's kids |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to kid=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bought sweets for the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:785-pg2591-part61:t4:o3:1
# text = bought sweets for the village
1	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gave all the ducats to the gardener's children, who were very poor and hungry

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:785-pg2591-part61:t4:o4:1
# text = gave all the ducats to the gardener's children, who were very poor and hungry
1	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | all ducats | the gardener's children |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme to child=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past | all ducats |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | all ducats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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