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title: so did he die from the nasty smell or what? — Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfi… · tree and pragmatics
description: so did he die from the nasty smell or what? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

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so did he die from the nasty smell or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** die · **To what, where:** nasty smell

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t4:1
# text = so did he die from the nasty smell or what?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past · do-support | he |  |  | the nasty smell |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from smell=Causer |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, folks thought the spirits got him, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, folks thought the spirits got him, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | folks |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the spirits | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, people reckoned it was the poison, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, people reckoned it was the poison, bruv
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | the poison and bruv |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, everyone reckoned the sweet jasmine smell did him in, proper deadly, and the pot got smashed too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, everyone reckoned the sweet jasmine smell did him in, proper deadly, and the pot got smashed too
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	jasmine	jasmine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	smashed	smash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | the sweet jasmine smell | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
| 3 | **smash** | past · passive |  | the pot |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, people reckoned the jasmine scent did him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, people reckoned the jasmine scent did him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	jasmine	jasmine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | people | the jasmine scent |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent scent=Attribute |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |

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