--- title: Bruh, why did Joseph not sell the guitar? — Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, why did Joseph not sell the guitar? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1639-pg5615-part28/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1639-pg5615-part28/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 2… Bruh, why did Joseph not sell the guitar? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Joseph · **What happens:** not sell · **To what, where:** guitar This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» 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/1639-pg5615-part28/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t7:1 # text = Bruh, why did Joseph not sell the guitar? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 guitar guitar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sell** | past · do-support | Joseph | the guitar | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guitar=Theme | 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} He thought it was broken and useless ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t7:o1:1 # text = He thought it was broken and useless 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **break** | past · passive | | it | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He said that playing it again would kill his wife for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t7:o2:1 # text = He said that playing it again would kill his wife for good 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **play** | gerund | | it | | | again | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | would | playing | his wife | | | | for good | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He wanted to keep it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t7:o3:1 # text = He wanted to keep it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He said the wife would die for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t7:o4:1 # text = He said the wife would die for good 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die** | would | the wife | | | | | for good | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for good=Theme | **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. 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