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title: so what even happened with the skins, mate? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what even happened with the skins, mate? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so what even happened with the skins, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» 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/870-pg27200-part81/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t1:1
# text = so what even happened with the skins, mate?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with the skins | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sold skins and ran off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t1:o1:1
# text = He sold skins and ran off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | He | skins |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing much, he just sold skins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t1:o2:1
# text = Nothing much, he just sold skins
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obl	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | he | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Great Claus sold his skins for money and then left town on a cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t1:o3:1
# text = Great Claus sold his skins for money and then left town on a cart
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | Great Claus | Claus's skins |  |  |  | for money | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent skin=Theme for money=Asset |
| 2 | **leave** | past | Great Claus *not said here* | town |  | a cart | then |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent town=Theme on cart=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Great Claus yelled for a bushel of money and got chased out of town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t1:o4:1
# text = Great Claus yelled for a bushel of money and got chased out of town
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | Great Claus |  |  |  |  | for a bushel of money | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for bushel=Recipient |
| 2 | **chase** | past · passive | Great Claus *not said here* |  |  | town |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: out town=Trajectory |

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