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title: bro, what was the merchant's pops at first? — Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Ri… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what was the merchant's pops at first? Test 8 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, what was the merchant's pops at first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** pops

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t8:1
# text = bro, what was the merchant's pops at first?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
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	pops	pop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro and the merchant's pops | the merchant's pops |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 grain merchant, honest and kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t8:o1:1
# text = A grain merchant, honest and kind
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cattle dealer, honest and hustling, who sold horses at every fair in the district

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t8:o2:1
# text = A cattle dealer, honest and hustling, who sold horses at every fair in the district
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dealer	dealer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hustling	hustle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hustle** | gerund | a cattle dealer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sell** | past | a cattle dealer | horses |  | every fair |  | in the district | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent horse=Theme at fair=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A poor clerk, honest and hustling, who had worked in the town office for many years

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t8:o3:1
# text = A poor clerk, honest and hustling, who had worked in the town office for many years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hustling	hustle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	worked	work	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hustle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | past · perfect | a poor clerk |  |  |  | year | in the town office | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in office=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cattle dealer, honest and hustling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:t8:o4:1
# text = A cattle dealer, honest and hustling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dealer	dealer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hustling	hustle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hustle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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