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title: Mate, was Catherine basically broke before all this? — Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, was Catherine basically broke before all this? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the K…

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Mate, was Catherine basically broke before all this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate Catherine · **What happens:** be, break · **To what, where:** Mate Catherine, this

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» 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/1642-pg5615-part31/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t2:1
# text = Mate, was Catherine basically broke before all this?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
9	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Mate Catherine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | past | Mate Catherine |  |  | this |  | basically *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before this=Location |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she'd been rich once, then her whole family lost everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she'd been rich once, then her whole family lost everything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  | once, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | her whole family | everything |  |  | then |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she'd been rich once, then lost it all and had to beg for food

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she'd been rich once, then lost it all and had to beg for food
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  | once, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past |  | it |  |  | then |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for food | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for food=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she'd been rich once, then her husband gambled it all away

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she'd been rich once, then her husband gambled it all away
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gambled	gamble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  | once, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gamble** | past | her husband | it |  |  | then | away *property* | vn risk-94 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she'd been rich once, then lost it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she'd been rich once, then lost it all
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  | once, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | she *not said here* | it |  |  | then |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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