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title: fr, what did the tyrant say he'd trade all his cash for? — Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a f… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, what did the tyrant say he'd trade all his cash for? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 353 «Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his friend's place in prison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take…

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fr, what did the tyrant say he'd trade all his cash for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** do, say, trade, cash · **To what, where:** tyrant, cash · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 353 «Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his friend's place in prison» 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/353-pg18442-part13/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:t10:1
# text = fr, what did the tyrant say he'd trade all his cash for?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	trade	trade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | fr | the tyrant |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyrant=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | fr |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **trade** | would | fr | fr's cash |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme |
| 4 | **cash** |  | fr |  |  |  |  |  | nom cash «possession 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 {#o1}

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His crown and throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:t10:o1:1
# text = His crown and throne
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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All his cash for one friend like that and more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:t10:o2:1
# text = All his cash for one friend like that and more
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cash** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | for one friend like that | nom cash «possession transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One true friend like Damon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:t10:o3:1
# text = One true friend like Damon
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Damon	Damon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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One friend like that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:t10:o4:1
# text = One friend like that
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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