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title: Why did the Holy Man give him a cock, of all things? — Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Holy Man give him a cock, of all things? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

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Why did the Holy Man give him a cock, of all things?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Holy Man · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** cock, him

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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/1214-pg3282-part15/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t6:1
# text = Why did the Holy Man give him a cock, of all things?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	_	5	compound	_	_
5	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | the Holy Man | a cock | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cock=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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To make money, cos it crows out gold and diamonds, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t6:o1:1
# text = To make money, cos it crows out gold and diamonds, mate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	crows	crow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | money |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product |
| 2 | **crow out** | present | money | gold and diamonds and mate |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos he asked for a pet, bro.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t6:o2:1
# text = Cos he asked for a pet, bro.
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Cos |  |  |  |  | for a pet and bro | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
For his dinner.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t6:o3:1
# text = For his dinner.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make cash, cos it's magic, mate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t6:o4:1
# text = To make cash, cos it's magic, mate.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | cash |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cash=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | cash |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; magic *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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