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title: Yeah nah, what did the clerk shout at the boy? — Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yeah nah, what did the clerk shout at the boy? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 841 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 52: the clerk, now a lark, is bought and placed in a lady's cage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 52: the cl…

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Yeah nah, what did the clerk shout at the boy?

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

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 841 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 52: the clerk, now a lark, is bought and placed in a lady's cage» 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/841-pg27200-part52/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:841-pg27200-part52:t12:1
# text = Yeah nah, what did the clerk shout at the boy?
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the clerk |  |  |  |  | at the boy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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"You impudent little rascal, how dare you touch me"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:841-pg27200-part52:t12:o1:1
# text = "You impudent little rascal, how dare you touch me"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
3	impudent	impudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rascal	rascal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** *in a quote* | present | You | me |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"You impudent rascal, give me back my bird"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:841-pg27200-part52:t12:o2:1
# text = "You impudent rascal, give me back my bird"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	impudent	impudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rascal	rascal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	back	back	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rascal** *in a quote* |  | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give back** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my bird | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bird=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"You silly boy, stop"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:841-pg27200-part52:t12:o3:1
# text = "You silly boy, stop"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boy** *in a quote* |  | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | silly boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

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"You impudent rascal"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:841-pg27200-part52:t12:o4:1
# text = "You impudent rascal"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	impudent	impudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rascal	rascal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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