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title: What did he get when he wished for a camel, then? — Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did he get when he wished for a camel, then? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clums…

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What did he get when he wished for a camel, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** get, wish

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» 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/1156-pg3027-part22/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t9:1
# text = What did he get when he wished for a camel, then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wish** | past | he |  |  |  |  | for a camel | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for camel=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A proper camel and fancy robes, mint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t9:o1:1
# text = A proper camel and fancy robes, mint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A proper camel plus fancy robes and a load of silver, mint, innit, bruv

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t9:o2:1
# text = A proper camel plus fancy robes and a load of silver, mint, innit, bruv
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A camel and a tent, proper sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t9:o3:1
# text = A camel and a tent, proper sick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some silver coins and a horse, mint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t9:o4:1
# text = Some silver coins and a horse, mint
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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

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