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title: What's the goblin on about, don't wish for stuff? — Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Sold… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the goblin on about, don't wish for stuff? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin sol…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What's the goblin on about, don't wish for stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goblin · **What happens:** be, not wish

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» 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/1000-pg27200-part211/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t6:1
# text = What's the goblin on about, don't wish for stuff?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the goblin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **wish** | infinitive · do-support | the goblin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for stuff; about *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for stuff=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 -->
Yeah, don't want what's not yours, mate, and mind the window on the third floor too

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, don't want what's not yours, mate, and mind the window on the third floor too
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	amod	_	_
20	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *not said to happen* | present |  | yours |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mind** | infinitive |  | the window |  | the third floor |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, don't want what's not yours, mate, cos the goblin gets proper cross

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, don't want what's not yours, mate, cos the goblin gets proper cross
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *not said to happen* | present |  | yours |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **co** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | present | the goblin | proper cross |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, don't nick stuff, that's the point

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, don't nick stuff, that's the point
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	nick	nick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **nick** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the point |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, don't want what's not yours, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, don't want what's not yours, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	csubj	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present |  | yours |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |

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