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title: how did he afford the fancy coach tho — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did he afford the fancy coach tho Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

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how did he afford the fancy coach tho

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** afford · **To what, where:** fancy coach tho

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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/1695-pg640-part19/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t5:1
# text = how did he afford the fancy coach tho
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	afford	afford	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tho	tho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | past · do-support | he | the fancy coach tho |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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the giant paid him for work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t5:o1:1
# text = the giant paid him for work
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | the giant | him *= he* |  |  |  | for work | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for work=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he sold the magic loaf's gold in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t5:o2:1
# text = he sold the magic loaf's gold in town
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | he | the magic loaf's gold |  | town |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he stole the coach from a rich traveller on the road home at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t5:o3:1
# text = he stole the coach from a rich traveller on the road home at night
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	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	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | the coach |  | a rich traveller | night | on the road; home *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent coach=Theme from traveller=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he won it in a card game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t5:o4:1
# text = he won it in a card game
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | he | it |  | a card game |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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