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title: did he forget about his mates back home after getting rich? — English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swa… · tree and pragmatics
description: did he forget about his mates back home after getting rich? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar…

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did he forget about his mates back home after getting rich?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** forget, get

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t7:1
# text = did he forget about his mates back home after getting rich?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | about his mates; home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Nah, he built the church again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t7:o1:1
# text = Nah, he built the church again
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | he | the church |  |  | again |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he moved to London town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t7:o2:1
# text = Nah, he moved to London town
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | he |  |  | London town |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to town=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he ignored them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he ignored them all
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he gave a bit of it to the church and then moved to London to live in luxury

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t7:o4:1
# text = Nah, he gave a bit of it to the church and then moved to London to live in luxury
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | a bit of bit | the church |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bit=Theme to church=Recipient |
| 2 | **move** | past | he *not said here* |  | London |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | luxury |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in luxury=Location |

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