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title: sus, what did the merchant's girl say her papa could buy? — Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Ri… · tree and pragmatics
description: sus, what did the merchant's girl say her papa could buy? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 810 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a mother's ghostly farewell ends, and a proud girl sneers at "sen" names at a party» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a…

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sus, what did the merchant's girl say her papa could buy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, papa · **What happens:** say, buy · **To what, where:** sus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 810 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a mother's ghostly farewell ends, and a proud girl sneers at "sen" names at a party» 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/810-pg27200-part21/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t11:1
# text = sus, what did the merchant's girl say her papa could buy?
1	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	papa	papa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the merchant's girl | sus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | could | girl's papa |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
A hundred dollars of bonbons and a new doll from the shop on the square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = A hundred dollars of bonbons and a new doll from the shop on the square
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bonbons	bonbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every toy in the window of the grand toyshop and a pony to ride home on

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = Every toy in the window of the grand toyshop and a pony to ride home on
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	toyshop	toyshop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dozen silver spoons for tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = A dozen silver spoons for tea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	spoons	spoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hundred dollars of bonbons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = A hundred dollars of bonbons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bonbons	bonbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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