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title: What's he going to do with the goats, like, sell them for cash? — Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Brok… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's he going to do with the goats, like, sell them for cash? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…

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What's he going to do with the goats, like, sell them for cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** go, do, sell · **To what, where:** goats

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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/1824-pg7128-part8/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t6:1
# text = What's he going to do with the goats, like, sell them for cash?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the goats | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | infinitive |  | goats *= goat* |  |  |  | for cash | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme for cash=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he wants to buy cows with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, he wants to buy cows with them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | cows |  |  |  | with cows *= cow* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he'll sell them for coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he'll sell them for coins
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | future | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | for coins | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme for coin=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he wants to buy a whole herd of cows and some horses with them

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, he wants to buy a whole herd of cows and some horses with them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a whole herd of cows and some horses |  |  |  | with horses *= horse* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he'll swap them for a big field of rice and then buy cows

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, he'll swap them for a big field of rice and then buy cows
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	swap	swap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | future | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | for a big field of rice | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for field=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | infinitive | he *not said here* | cows |  |  | then |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

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