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title: Dude, how much did the prince try to sell the necklace for? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, how much did the prince try to sell the necklace for? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1854 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, how much did the prince try to sell the necklace for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** try, sell · **To what, where:** much, necklace

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1854 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending» 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/1854-pg7128-part38/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t5:1
# text = Dude, how much did the prince try to sell the necklace for?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · do-support | the prince | much |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the necklace |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necklace=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like two hundred thousand rupees in gold coins, bruv, no joke at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t5:o1:1
# text = Like two hundred thousand rupees in gold coins, bruv, no joke at all
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fifty thousand rupees, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t5:o2:1
# text = Fifty thousand rupees, bruv
1	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fifty thousand rupees to the first goldsmith he met, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t5:o3:1
# text = Fifty thousand rupees to the first goldsmith he met, bruv
1	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | goldsmith | the first goldsmith *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goldsmith=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forty thousand rupees, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:t5:o4:1
# text = Forty thousand rupees, bruv
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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