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title: what was the fisherman gonna buy with the money tho? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the fisherman gonna buy with the money tho? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j…

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what was the fisherman gonna buy with the money tho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fisherman · **What happens:** be, buy, tho · **To what, where:** money

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» 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/165-pg128-part5/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t8:1
# text = what was the fisherman gonna buy with the money tho?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	tho	tho	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the fisherman |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | infinitive | the fisherman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the money | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tho** | participle |  | the money *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a measure of wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t8:o1:1
# text = a measure of wheat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** |  |  | wheat |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a large measure of fine wheat and a jar of oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t8:o2:1
# text = a large measure of fine wheat and a jar of oil
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** |  |  | fine wheat |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
enough wheat, bread and oil to feed his entire family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t8:o3:1
# text = enough wheat, bread and oil to feed his entire family
1	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  | his entire family |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sack of barley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t8:o4:1
# text = a sack of barley
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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