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title: were the maids in that tavern weird or nah? — Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: were the maids in that tavern weird or nah? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 838 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watchman wears magic goloshes and tries life as a lieutenant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

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were the maids in that tavern weird or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maids · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 838 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watchman wears magic goloshes and tries life as a lieutenant» 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/838-pg27200-part49/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:838-pg27200-part49:t7:1
# text = were the maids in that tavern weird or nah?
1	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the maids in that tavern |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Yeah, they were rough and kinda creepy, always whispering and watching the guests closely

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:838-pg27200-part49:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they were rough and kinda creepy, always whispering and watching the guests closely
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **watch** | gerund |  | the guests |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they were polite and very quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:838-pg27200-part49:t7:o2:1
# text = Nah, they were polite and very quiet
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were rough and kinda creepy, and one of them even tried to steal the goloshes

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:838-pg27200-part49:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they were rough and kinda creepy, and one of them even tried to steal the goloshes
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | past | one of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one of them *not said here* | the goloshes |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location golosh=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were rough and kinda creepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:838-pg27200-part49:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they were rough and kinda creepy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |

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