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title: So what did he end up doing for cash? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did he end up doing for cash? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So what did he end up doing for cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** end up, do

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t7:1
# text = So what did he end up doing for cash?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for cash | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he got a job chopping logs for some bloke who sold them at the gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = he got a job chopping logs for some bloke who sold them at the gate
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chopping	chopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | a chopping logs |  |  |  | for some bloke | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent log=Theme for bloke=Source |
| 2 | **sell** | past | some bloke | logs *= log* |  | the gate |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at gate=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chopping wood and selling it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = chopping wood and selling it
1	chopping	chop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | gerund |  | wood |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient |
| 2 | **sell** | gerund |  | wood |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he ended up doing the woodcutting thing and flogging the wood on the streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = he ended up doing the woodcutting thing and flogging the wood on the streets
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	woodcutting	woodcutting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	flogging	flog	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | he *not said here* | the woodcutting thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **flog** | gerund | he *not said here* | the wood |  | the streets |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wood=Patient on street=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
selling water in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = selling water in the square
1	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  | water |  | the square |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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