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title: Dude, why was the minister so salty about his cash? — Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, why was the minister so salty about his cash? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 2 · ★ · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…

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Dude, why was the minister so salty about his cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** be, cash · **To what, where:** minister

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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/1800-pg641-part51/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t2:1
# text = Dude, why was the minister so salty about his cash?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 minister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cash** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cash «possession transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He thought Hans stole his stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t2:o1:1
# text = He thought Hans stole his stuff
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | past | Hans | Hans's stuff |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stuff=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cause Hans grabbed his purse while he was asleep and then ran off down the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t2:o2:1
# text = Cause Hans grabbed his purse while he was asleep and then ran off down the road
1	Cause	Cause	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | Cause | Cause's purse |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | Cause |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **run off** | past | Cause *not said here* |  |  | the road | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down road=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Hans got richer while he was snoozing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t2:o3:1
# text = Hans got richer while he was snoozing
1	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	richer	rich	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	snoozing	snooze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Hans |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **snooze** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause Hans found the stash, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t2:o4:1
# text = Cause Hans found the stash, bro
1	Cause	Cause	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stash	stash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Cause | the stash and bro |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stash=Topic |

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