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title: Did the donkey manage to munch the thistle? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the donkey manage to munch the thistle? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the donkey manage to munch the thistle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** donkey · **What happens:** manage, munch · **To what, where:** thistle

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t4:1
# text = Did the donkey manage to munch the thistle?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	manage	manage	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	munch	munch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manage** | present | the donkey |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **munch** | to-infinitive | the donkey *not said here* | the thistle |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thistle=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, his rope was too short, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t4:o1:1
# text = Nah, his rope was too short, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his rope |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his rope was long, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, his rope was long, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his rope |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he munched the whole thing up quick, and the thistle's gone for good, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he munched the whole thing up quick, and the thistle's gone for good, mate
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	munched	munch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **munch up** | past | he | the whole thing |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the thistle |  |  |  |  | for good; mate *vocative*; gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, his rope was too short and the thistle lived on, but the lady got it, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, his rope was too short and the thistle lived on, but the lady got it, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his rope |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live on** | past | the thistle |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | the lady | thistle |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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