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title: So the family's skint, right? Like, properly broke? — Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and W… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the family's skint, right? Like, properly broke? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…

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So the family's skint, right? Like, properly broke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» 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/1418-pg503-part5/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the family's skint, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t2:1
# text = So the family's skint, right?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Like, properly broke?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t2:2
# text = Like, properly broke?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	broke	broke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, they've got loads of food and clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t2:o1:1
# text = Nah, they've got loads of food and clothes
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Yeah, they've got barely any food or clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they've got barely any food or clothes
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | they | any food or clothes |  |  |  | barely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they've got hardly any money at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they've got hardly any money at all
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | they | any money |  | all |  | hardly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent money=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they're properly broke, they've got barely any food or clothes and the farm is falling apart

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1418-pg503-part5:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they're properly broke, they've got barely any food or clothes and the farm is falling apart
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
21	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | broke, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present · perfect | they | any food or clothes and the farm |  |  |  | barely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fall apart** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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