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title: What did Dick reckon the cat would sell for? — pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Di… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Dick reckon the cat would sell for? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 13 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

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What did Dick reckon the cat would sell for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dick, cat · **What happens:** reckon, sell

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back 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/358-pg18442-part18/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t13:1
# text = What did Dick reckon the cat would sell for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Dick	Dick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Dick |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** | would | the cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Enough to buy a fine house and a new coat for winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t13:o1:1
# text = Enough to buy a fine house and a new coat for winter
1	Enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | a fine house and a new coat |  |  | winter | enough *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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

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Enough to buy a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t13:o2:1
# text = Enough to buy a stick
1	Enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | a stick |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Enough to buy a dozen loaves of bread and a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t13:o3:1
# text = Enough to buy a dozen loaves of bread and a stick
1	Enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	loaves	loaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | dozen loaves of bread and a stick |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Enough for a meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t13:o4:1
# text = Enough for a meal
1	Enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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