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title: Dead serious, did the wife really give him ALL the gold? — English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead serious, did the wife really give him ALL the gold? Test 3 · ★ 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 dependency tree and
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# Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier trick…

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Dead serious, did the wife really give him ALL the gold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** gold, him

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t3:1
# text = Dead serious, did the wife really give him ALL the gold?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
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	6	det	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	ALL	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support |  | all gold | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=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}

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nah, only a bit, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t3:o1:1
# text = nah, only a bit, mate
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for real, the whole ten pounds, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t3:o2:1
# text = for real, the whole ten pounds, no cap
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for real, all of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t3:o3:1
# text = for real, all of it
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for real, the full ten quid, no lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1948-pg7439-part7:t3:o4:1
# text = for real, the full ten quid, no lie
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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