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title: so who's the sexton anyway — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who's the sexton anyway Test 7 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

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so who's the sexton anyway

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** sexton

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t7:1
# text = so who's the sexton anyway
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sexton	sexton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the sexton |  |  |  | anyway *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 {#o1}

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the church guy who helps out at the church and also collects the money from every family in the village

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t7:o1:1
# text = the church guy who helps out at the church and also collects the money from every family in the village
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	collects	collect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help out** | present | the church guy |  |  | the church |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **collect** | present | the church guy *not said here* | the money |  | every family |  | in the village | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from family=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the church guy who helps out at the church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t7:o2:1
# text = the church guy who helps out at the church
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help out** | present | the church guy |  |  | the church |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the man who helps the priest with mass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t7:o3:1
# text = the man who helps the priest with mass
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | the man | the priest |  |  |  | with mass | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent priest=Beneficiary with mass=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a helper who takes care of the church bells and also lights the candles and digs the graves for the village

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t7:o4:1
# text = a helper who takes care of the church bells and also lights the candles and digs the graves for the village
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	lights	light	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	digs	dig	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a helper | care |  |  |  | of the church bells | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of bell=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **light** | present | a helper *not said here* | the candles |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product |
| 3 | **dig** | present | a helper *not said here* | the graves |  |  |  | for the village | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grave=Result for village=Beneficiary |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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