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title: Ngl, what did the son sell himself without the first time? — Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falc… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what did the son sell himself without the first time? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1097 «Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring:…

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Ngl, what did the son sell himself without the first time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** son · **What happens:** sell · **To what, where:** Ngl, son

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1097 «Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding» 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/1097-pg29672-part3/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:t3:1
# text = Ngl, what did the son sell himself without the first time?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	iobj	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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 | **sell** | past · do-support | the son | Ngl | son |  | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:t3:o1:1
# text = A chain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bridle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:t3:o2:1
# text = A bridle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:t3:o3:1
# text = A bit
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A golden chain and collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:t3:o4:1
# text = A golden chain and collar
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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