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title: bro why did the cobbler even go fishing, was he broke or what? — Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro why did the cobbler even go fishing, was he broke or what? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

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bro why did the cobbler even go fishing, was he broke or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, cobbler · **What happens:** do, go, be · **To what, where:** cobbler, fishing

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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/1262-pg3282-part63/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t2:1
# text = bro why did the cobbler even go fishing, was he broke or what?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bro | the cobbler |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cobbler=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | present | the cobbler *not said here* | fishing |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fishing=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | bro |  |  |  |  | break *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they had no money for bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah, they had no money for bread
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | no money |  |  |  | for bread | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they were starving at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, they were starving at home
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | past · progressive | they |  |  | home |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, times were hard and nobody in the village had money to buy anything at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t2:o3:1
# text = yes, times were hard and nobody in the village had money to buy anything at all
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | times |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | nobody | money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | money *not said here* | anything |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, his whole family had no food and the landlord was threatening to take the house

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, his whole family had no food and the landlord was threatening to take the house
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | his whole family | no food |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **threaten** | past · progressive | the landlord |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the landlord *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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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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