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title: wait, why do people buy from that kid? — Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why do people buy from that kid? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

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wait, why do people buy from that kid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, people · **What happens:** wait, buy

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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/852-pg27200-part63/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:t4:1
# text = wait, why do people buy from that kid?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | present · do-support | people |  |  |  |  | from that kid | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from kid=Source |

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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}

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cause the toys are carved by his grandpa and he's a cute little kid

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:t4:o1:1
# text = cause the toys are carved by his grandpa and he's a cute little kid
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **carve** | present · passive | his grandpa | the cause toys |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | a cute little kid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the toys are really good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:t4:o2:1
# text = cause the toys are really good
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | the toys |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he looks serious and tiny, so travellers feel sorry for him and buy his toys

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:t4:o3:1
# text = cause he looks serious and tiny, so travellers feel sorry for him and buy his toys
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | cause |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **feel** | present | travellers |  |  |  |  | for cause; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **buy** | infinitive | travellers *not said here* | cause's toys |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he looks serious and is tiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:t4:o4:1
# text = cause he looks serious and is tiny
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | cause |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |

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