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title: Yo, why did the farmer's wife stash the ten quid up the chimney, bruv? — English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, why did the farmer's wife stash the ten quid up the chimney, bruv? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1948 «English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier tricks a foolish farmer's wife out of ten gold pounds, then the farmer out of his horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier trick…

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Yo, why did the farmer's wife stash the ten quid up the chimney, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife, ten · **What happens:** do, stash, quid up · **To what, where:** chimney

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1948 «English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier tricks a foolish farmer's wife out of ten gold pounds, then the farmer out of his horse» 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/1948-pg7439-part7/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t1:1
# text = Yo, why did the farmer's wife stash the ten quid up the chimney, bruv?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stash	stash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
12	quid	quid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stash** | present | the farmer's wife |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **quid up** | past | ten | the chimney and bruv |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
cause she thought no thief would search it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t1:o1:1
# text = cause she thought no thief would search it
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *speech: other* | present | she |  |  |  |  | think *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **search** | would | no thief | it |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she reckoned no thief would ever think to look up in there, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t1:o2:1
# text = cause she reckoned no thief would ever think to look up in there, innit
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reckon** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | would | no thief |  |  |  | ever |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **look up** | to-infinitive | no thief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in there=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she was dead sure no thief would ever bother looking up there at all

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t1:o3:1
# text = cause she was dead sure no thief would ever bother looking up there at all
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bother up** | would | no thief |  |  | all; there | ever |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look up** | gerund | no thief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she reckoned no thief would ever look up there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t1:o4:1
# text = cause she reckoned no thief would ever look up there
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **look up** | would | no thief |  |  | there | ever |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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