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title: Bro, what did the goldsmith actually say to the king? — Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarm… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what did the goldsmith actually say to the king? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1832 «Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangazara is revived, the king repents, and Harisarman gets a magic name» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 7 · ★ · Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangaza…

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Bro, what did the goldsmith actually say to the king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1832 «Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangazara is revived, the king repents, and Harisarman gets a magic name» 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/1832-pg7128-part16/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:t7:1
# text = Bro, what did the goldsmith actually say to the king?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support |  |  | the king |  |  | Bro *vocative*; actually *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient |

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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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that Gangazara killed his dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:t7:o1:1
# text = that Gangazara killed his dad
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Gangazara	Gangazara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	killed	kill	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	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | Gangazara | Gangazara's dad |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he lied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:t7:o2:1
# text = he lied
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that he stole gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:t7:o3:1
# text = that he stole gold
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | gold |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that Gangazara robbed the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:t7:o4:1
# text = that Gangazara robbed the king
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Gangazara	Gangazara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	robbed	rob	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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rob** | past | Gangazara | the king |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Source |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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