--- title: Like, what did the young guy ask the farmer to do with the knife? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics description: Like, what did the young guy ask the farmer to do with the knife? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que… Like, what did the young guy ask the farmer to do with the knife? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young guy · **What happens:** ask, do · **To what, where:** farmer This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t7:1 # text = Like, what did the young guy ask the farmer to do with the knife? 1 Like like INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the young guy | | the farmer | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the young guy *not said here* | | | | | with the knife | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Get two horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t7:o1:1 # text = Get two horses 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | two horses | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Get two oxen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t7:o2:1 # text = Get two oxen 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | two oxen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ox=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Sell it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t7:o3:1 # text = Sell it 1 Sell sell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Buy a cow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t7:o4:1 # text = Buy a cow 1 Buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a cow | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | **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. 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