--- title: So the horse-dealer sent his best horse just like that? — Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned… · tree and pragmatics description: So the horse-dealer sent his best horse just like that? Test 13 · ★ 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 que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/701-pg2435-part41/t13/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/701-pg2435-part41/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, par… So the horse-dealer sent his best horse just like that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse dealer · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** that, best horse This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t13:1 # text = So the horse-dealer sent his best horse just like that? 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the horse dealer | that | dealer's best horse | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent horse=Destination that=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, the fox said the king bid them, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the fox said the king bid them, bro 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bid** | past | the king | them *= they* | | | | bro *vocative* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he paid, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t13:o2:1 # text = Nah, he paid, bro 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 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | he | bro | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nope, the fox said the king paid, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t13:o3:1 # text = Nope, the fox said the king paid, bro 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pay** | past | the king | bro | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, the fox said it was urgent, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t13:o4:1 # text = Yeah, the fox said it was urgent, bro 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 urgent urgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | fox | | | | | urgent *property* | tree rules | **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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