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title: Ta for the bread and milk, but what did the kids get paid? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ta for the bread and milk, but what did the kids get paid? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ta for the bread and milk, but what did the kids get paid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pay · **To what, where:** Ta

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» 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/653-pg23661-part21/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t7:1
# text = Ta for the bread and milk, but what did the kids get paid?
1	Ta	Ta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive · do-support |  | Ta for the bread and milk |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of gold, shared out round the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t7:o1:1
# text = Loads of gold, shared out round the town
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share out** | participle · passive |  | Loads of gold |  |  |  | round the town | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of gold, given to the mayor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t7:o2:1
# text = Loads of gold, given to the mayor
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle · passive |  | Loads of gold | the mayor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to mayor=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of gold, shared out round the town and given to the poor folk at the church

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t7:o3:1
# text = Loads of gold, shared out round the town and given to the poor folk at the church
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share out** | participle · passive |  | Loads of gold |  |  |  | round the town | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  | the poor folk at the church |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to folk=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A thousand quid, split three ways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:t7:o4:1
# text = A thousand quid, split three ways
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | infinitive | a thousand quid | three ways |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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