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title: Did the fox get the tailor to hand over the coat for free? — Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the fox get the tailor to hand over the coat for free? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, par…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the fox get the tailor to hand over the coat for free?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** get, hand over · **To what, where:** tailor, coat

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» 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/701-pg2435-part41/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t11:1
# text = Did the fox get the tailor to hand over the coat for free?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the fox | the tailor |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tailor=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hand over** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | the coat |  |  |  | for free | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said he'd pay later, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t11:o1:1
# text = He said he'd pay later, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | would | he |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said he'd pay tomorrow, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t11:o2:1
# text = He said he'd pay tomorrow, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | would | he |  |  |  | tomorrow | bro *vocative* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said he'd pay tomorrow with the king's gold after the wedding, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t11:o3:1
# text = He said he'd pay tomorrow with the king's gold after the wedding, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | would | he |  |  |  | after the wedding and bro; tomorrow | with the king's gold | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He said he'd pay tomorrow, once the Count's money arrived, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t11:o4:1
# text = He said he'd pay tomorrow, once the Count's money arrived, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | would | he |  |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **arrive** | past | the Count's money |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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