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title: What object does Little Claus carry into the next town, and for what… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: What object does Little Claus carry into the next town, and for what purpose does he carry it? Exam question 2 of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» of the books
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

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What object does Little Claus carry into the next town, and for what purpose does he carry it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Little, purpose · **What happens:** do, carry · **To what, where:** next town, object

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/868-pg27200-part79/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:e2:1
# text = What object does Little Claus carry into the next town, and for what purpose does he carry it?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
16	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | present | Little |  |  | the next town |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **carry** | present · do-support | purpose | object |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme what=Beneficiary it=Value |

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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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The horse's hide, carried in order to be sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:e2:o1:1
# text = The horse's hide, carried in order to be sold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | the horse's hide *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The farmer's old hammer used to strike a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:e2:o2:1
# text = The farmer's old hammer used to strike a horse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | the farmer's old hammer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive |  | a horse |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent horse=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A bundle of wood for the fire at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:e2:o3:1
# text = A bundle of wood for the fire at home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The horse's hide, which he carries across the frozen river in order to sell it to the tanner in town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:e2:o4:1
# text = The horse's hide, which he carries across the frozen river in order to sell it to the tanner in town
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tanner	tanner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | the horse's hide |  |  | the frozen river |  | in order | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **sell** | to-infinitive | the horse's hide *not said here* | order | the tanner in town |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to tanner=Recipient |

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