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title: wait, why's Little Klaus carting grandma around in her Sunday best? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why's Little Klaus carting grandma around in her Sunday best? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little…

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wait, why's Little Klaus carting grandma around in her Sunday best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, cart · **To what, where:** Little Klaus, grandma

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» 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/1729-pg640-part53/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t7:1
# text = wait, why's Little Klaus carting grandma around in her Sunday best?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	carting	cart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | Little Klaus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cart** | gerund | you *not said here* | grandma |  |  | sunday |  | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Theme |

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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}

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cause she's dead, he's running a scam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t7:o1:1
# text = cause she's dead, he's running a scam
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	scam	scam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present · progressive | he | a scam |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scam=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she's dead, he's running a huge scam on the host

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t7:o2:1
# text = cause she's dead, he's running a huge scam on the host
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	scam	scam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present · progressive | he | a huge scam |  | the host |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent scam=Theme on host=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to fool the innkeeper, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t7:o3:1
# text = to fool the innkeeper, lol
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fool	fool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the innkeeper |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innkeeper=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he's selling her as a ghost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t7:o4:1
# text = he's selling her as a ghost
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present · progressive | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | as a ghost | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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