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title: Yo, what did the Spendthrift flog to get some cash? — Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Bi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did the Spendthrift flog to get some cash? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin…

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Yo, what did the Spendthrift flog to get some cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Spendthrift · **What happens:** flog, get · **To what, where:** cash

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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/371-pg19994-part10/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t12:1
# text = Yo, what did the Spendthrift flog to get some cash?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flog	flog	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flog** | past · do-support | the Spendthrift |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the Spendthrift *not said here* | some cash |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus |

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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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His clothes, right down to his tunic, and then his shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t12:o1:1
# text = His clothes, right down to his tunic, and then his shoes
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His lands and his silver plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t12:o2:1
# text = His lands and his silver plate
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His clothes, right down to his tunic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t12:o3:1
# text = His clothes, right down to his tunic
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His clothes, right down to his tunic and every last ring he owned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:t12:o4:1
# text = His clothes, right down to his tunic and every last ring he owned
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | past | he | every last ring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ring=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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