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title: wait, did the drover just let himself get drowned? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, did the drover just let himself get drowned? Test 8 · ★ 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 pr
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait, did the drover just let himself get drowned?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, himself · **What happens:** wait, do, let, get, drown · **To what, where:** drover, himself

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t8:1
# text = wait, did the drover just let himself get drowned?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drover	drover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the drover |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drover=Eventuality |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | infinitive | himself *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **drown** | participle | himself *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 wanted money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t8:o1:1
# text = He wanted money
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | money |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said he'd go to heaven, so he climbed in the sack for Little Claus

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t8:o2:1
# text = He said he'd go to heaven, so he climbed in the sack for Little Claus
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | would | he |  |  | heaven |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **climb** | past | he |  |  | the sack |  | for Little Claus | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sack=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He agreed to take Little Claus's place for a bushel of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t8:o3:1
# text = He agreed to take Little Claus's place for a bushel of money
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Little Claus's place |  |  |  | for a bushel of money | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for bushel=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said he wasn't going to heaven, so he got in the sack for Little Claus

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t8:o4:1
# text = He said he wasn't going to heaven, so he got in the sack for Little Claus
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **go** | past · progressive | he |  |  | heaven |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **get** | past | he |  |  | the sack |  | for Little Claus | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for claus=Beneficiary |

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