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title: Wait, the dog story, why'd the merchant kill his dog, no cap? — Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Ad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the dog story, why'd the merchant kill his dog, no cap? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1836 «Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the prince buys wisdom, outwits a host, and wins a throne» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 5 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the p…

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Wait, the dog story, why'd the merchant kill his dog, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, merchant · **What happens:** wait, kill · **To what, where:** dog story, dog

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1836 «Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the prince buys wisdom, outwits a host, and wins a throne» 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/1836-pg7128-part20/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t5:1
# text = Wait, the dog story, why'd the merchant kill his dog, no cap?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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* | the dog story |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | infinitive | the merchant | merchant's dog |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted to keep the money he had borrowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t5:o1:1
# text = He wanted to keep the money he had borrowed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the money |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **borrow** | past · perfect | he | the money *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He was trying to blame the thieves for the missing goods he owed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t5:o2:1
# text = He was trying to blame the thieves for the missing goods he owed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obl	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	owed	owe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **blame** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the thieves |  |  |  | for the missing goods | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent thief=Theme for goods=Attribute |
| 3 | **owe** | past | he | the missing goods *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent goods=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted to keep the money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t5:o3:1
# text = He wanted to keep the money
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the money |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He didn't want to repay the loan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t5:o4:1
# text = He didn't want to repay the loan
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	repay	repay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **repay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the loan |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent loan=Recipient |

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