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title: bro, what did stork-papa wanna do to those two liars? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what did stork-papa wanna do to those two liars? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

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bro, what did stork-papa wanna do to those two liars?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** stork papa

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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/890-pg27200-part101/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t5:1
# text = bro, what did stork-papa wanna do to those two liars?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	papa	papa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	liars	liar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bro | stork papa |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent papa=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | bro |  |  |  |  | to that two liars | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
jab his beak right in their chests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t5:o1:1
# text = jab his beak right in their chests
1	jab	jab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chests	chest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jab** | imperative | you *not said here* | his beak |  | their chests |  | right *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
drive his beak into their necks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t5:o2:1
# text = drive his beak into their necks
1	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | imperative | you *not said here* | his beak |  | their necks |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beak=Theme into neck=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
break their wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t5:o3:1
# text = break their wings
1	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | their wings |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
peck their eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t5:o4:1
# text = peck their eyes
1	peck	peck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | imperative | you *not said here* | their eyes |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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