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title: Did Jan say the bag was for the rent or for who? — English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Jan say the bag was for the rent or for who? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c…

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Did Jan say the bag was for the rent or for who?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jan, bag · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» 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/236-pg14241-part3/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t5:1
# text = Did Jan say the bag was for the rent or for who?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Jan	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Jan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the bag |  |  |  |  | for the rent | 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}

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for the pigs' food and for Mally's new dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t5:o1:1
# text = for the pigs' food and for Mally's new dress
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	Mally	Mally	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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for the rent but he'd spend it on ale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t5:o2:1
# text = for the rent but he'd spend it on ale
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | would | he | rent |  |  |  | on ale *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on ale=Goal |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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for Hereafterthis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t5:o3:1
# text = for Hereafterthis
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Hereafterthis	Hereafterthis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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for the robbers and their fine table in the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t5:o4:1
# text = for the robbers and their fine table in the hill
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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