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title: did Great Claus actually chop his own nan? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: did Great Claus actually chop his own nan? Test 4 · ★ 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 sc
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

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did Great Claus actually chop his own nan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Great Claus · **What happens:** chop · **To what, where:** own nan

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t4:1
# text = did Great Claus actually chop his own nan?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past · do-support | Great Claus | Claus's own nan |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nan=Patient |

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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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Yeah, two whacks with the hatchet, then he carried her to the church and left her by the door for the priest

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, two whacks with the hatchet, then he carried her to the church and left her by the door for the priest
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	whacks	whack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | two whacks with the hatchet | her *= she* |  | the church | then |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to church=Destination |
| 2 | **leave** | past | two whacks with the hatchet *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | by the door; for the priest | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by door=Location |

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

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Yeah, one whack, then he took her to the apothecary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, one whack, then he took her to the apothecary
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	whack	whack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	dislocated	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | her *= she* |  | the apothecary | then | one whack *dislocated* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to apothecary=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he hit her with the hatchet in bed and then went to church to hear a psalm before the apothecary

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he hit her with the hatchet in bed and then went to church to hear a psalm before the apothecary
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	psalm	psalm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	before	before	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | with the hatchet in bed | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with hatchet=Instrument |
| 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | church | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **hear** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a psalm |  |  | before the apothecary |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer psalm=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he hit her with a hatchet, then he slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he hit her with a hatchet, then he slept
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a hatchet | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with hatchet=Instrument |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | he |  |  |  | then |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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