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title: Was he skint, or did he have cash? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was he skint, or did he have cash? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1728 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1: Little Klaus loses his horse, then tricks a farmer with a squeaking sack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1…

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Was he skint, or did he have cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** cash

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1728 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1: Little Klaus loses his horse, then tricks a farmer with a squeaking sack» 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/1728-pg640-part52/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:t4:1
# text = Was he skint, or did he have cash?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | skint *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past · do-support | he | cash |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Patient |

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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 -->
Skint, bro, totally skint, not a penny in his pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:t4:o1:1
# text = Skint, bro, totally skint, not a penny in his pocket
1	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, bro, he had cash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, bro, he had cash
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loaded, bro, totally loaded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:t4:o3:1
# text = Loaded, bro, totally loaded
1	Loaded	load	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	loaded	load	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **load** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **load** | participle |  | Loaded bro *not said here* |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Skint, bro, totally skint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:t4:o4:1
# text = Skint, bro, totally skint
1	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

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