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title: what did the shopkeeper's dream say, like the actual place? — English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swa… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the shopkeeper's dream say, like the actual place? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar…

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what did the shopkeeper's dream say, like the actual place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dream, shopkeeper · **What happens:** do, say, dream · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» 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/249-pg14241-part16/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t4:1
# text = what did the shopkeeper's dream say, like the actual place?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the shopkeeper's dream |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dream** |  | the shopkeeper |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An oak in an orchard in Swaffham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t4:o1:1
# text = An oak in an orchard in Swaffham
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Swaffham	Swaffham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An oak in a field in Norfolk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t4:o2:1
# text = An oak in a field in Norfolk
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Norfolk	Norfolk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A great oak standing in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham, Norfolk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t4:o3:1
# text = A great oak standing in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham, Norfolk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Swaffham	Swaffham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Norfolk	Norfolk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | a great oak *not said here* |  |  | a orchard |  | behind a pedlar's house; in Swaffham and Norfolk | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in orchard=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A pear tree in a field by Norwich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t4:o4:1
# text = A pear tree in a field by Norwich
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pear	pear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Norwich	Norwich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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