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title: Bruv, what was the dwarf doing with the jewels? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what was the dwarf doing with the jewels? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» 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's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf ge…

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Bruv, what was the dwarf doing with the jewels?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» 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/789-pg2591-part65/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t4:1
# text = Bruv, what was the dwarf doing with the jewels?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative*; dwarf *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the jewels | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dumping them out to have a look

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t4:o1:1
# text = Dumping them out to have a look
1	Dumping	dump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump out** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | a look |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Dumping them out on the grass and then trying to sell them to the girls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t4:o2:1
# text = Dumping them out on the grass and then trying to sell them to the girls
1	Dumping	dump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump out** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | the grass |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme on grass=Trajectory |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | Dumping |  |  |  | then |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dumping *not said here* | them *= they* | the girls |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to girl=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tipping them out on the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t4:o3:1
# text = Tipping them out on the grass
1	Tipping	tip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip out** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | the grass |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme on grass=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tipping out all his precious stones on the grass to have a proper look

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:t4:o4:1
# text = Tipping out all his precious stones on the grass to have a proper look
1	Tipping	tip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip out** | gerund |  | his precious stones |  | the grass |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme on grass=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | a proper look |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient |

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