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title: who snitched on him to the bees, like proper grassed? — Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfi… · tree and pragmatics
description: who snitched on him to the bees, like proper grassed? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
who snitched on him to the bees, like proper grassed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** snitch, grass · **To what, where:** bees

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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/822-pg27200-part33/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t2:1
# text = who snitched on him to the bees, like proper grassed?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snitched	snitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	grassed	grass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snitch** *speech: other* | past |  |  | the bees |  |  | on him *= he* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to bee=Recipient |
| 2 | **grass** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The little rose elf, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t2:o1:1
# text = The little rose elf, mate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The little rose elf, the one who lives in the hedge, proper grassed

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t2:o2:1
# text = The little rose elf, the one who lives in the hedge, proper grassed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	grassed	grass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the one |  |  | the hedge |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hedge=Location |
| 2 | **grass** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some little elf that lives in the rose bush down the lane, bruv, the nosy one

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t2:o3:1
# text = Some little elf that lives in the rose bush down the lane, bruv, the nosy one
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some little elf and the nosy one |  |  | the rose bush down the lane and bruv |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bush=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old raven bloke, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t2:o4:1
# text = The old raven bloke, innit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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