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title: Did the king reckon the goat was worth a lot? — Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the king reckon the goat was worth a lot? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 7 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

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Did the king reckon the goat was worth a lot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, goat · **What happens:** reckon, be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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/1161-pg3027-part27/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t7:1
# text = Did the king reckon the goat was worth a lot?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the goat |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

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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, he'd give a third of his kingdom and his own daughter's hand in marriage for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he'd give a third of his kingdom and his own daughter's hand in marriage for it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | he | a third of his kingdom and his own daughter's hand |  | marriage |  | for marriage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent third=Theme for it=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he'd give a third of his kingdom for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he'd give a third of his kingdom for it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | he | a third of his kingdom |  |  |  | for kingdom | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent third=Theme for it=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he'd only pay a few silver coins for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t7:o3:1
# text = Nah, he'd only pay a few silver coins for it
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | would | he | a few silver coins |  |  |  | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent coin=Asset for it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he'd hand over his best horse for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he'd hand over his best horse for it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | would | he | his best horse |  |  |  | for horse | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

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