--- title: that spendthrift sold his only cloak for a swallow, real talk? — Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the… · tree and pragmatics description: that spendthrift sold his only cloak for a swallow, real talk? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/401-pg21-part22/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/401-pg21-part22/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange… that spendthrift sold his only cloak for a swallow, real talk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spendthrift · **What happens:** sell · **To what, where:** only cloak This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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/401-pg21-part22/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t7:1 # text = that spendthrift sold his only cloak for a swallow, real talk? 1 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 spendthrift spendthrift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | that spendthrift | spendthrift's only cloak | | | | for a swallow and real talk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme for swallow=Asset | 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} Nah, he thought winter had ended ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t7:o1:1 # text = Nah, he thought winter had ended 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 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **end** | past · perfect · passive | | winter | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he needed cash for food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he needed cash for food 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 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | he | cash | | | | for food | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cash=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he was just dumb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t7:o3:1 # text = Nah, he was just dumb 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he thought summer had shown up early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t7:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he thought summer had shown up early 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 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **show up** | past · perfect | summer | | | | | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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