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title: bruv, so Little Claus just sold his gran? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, so Little Claus just sold his gran? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruv, so Little Claus just sold his gran?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** sell · **To what, where:** bruv

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» 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/870-pg27200-part81/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t3:1
# text = bruv, so Little Claus just sold his gran?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past |  | bruv |  |  |  | Little Claus *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he tricked the landlord into giving him cash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, he tricked the landlord into giving him cash
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	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | he | the landlord |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent landlord=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | he *not said here* | cash | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cash=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he took her to the inn and sold her to the landlord for a whole bushel of money, which made him very rich

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he took her to the inn and sold her to the landlord for a whole bushel of money, which made him very rich
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	very	very	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | her *= she* |  | the inn |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to inn=Destination |
| 2 | **sell** | past | he *not said here* | her *= she* | the landlord |  |  | for a whole bushel of money | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme to landlord=Recipient for bushel=Asset |
| 3 | **make** | past | money | him *= he* |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he got a bushel of money for her, dead lucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he got a bushel of money for her, dead lucky
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | a bushel of money |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme for she=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he sold her to the landlord at the inn, then the landlord threw mead in her face and Little Claus got a bushel of money

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he sold her to the landlord at the inn, then the landlord threw mead in her face and Little Claus got a bushel of money
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	mead	mead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	24	nsubj	_	_
23	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	_
24	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | he | her *= she* | the landlord | the inn |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme to landlord=Recipient at inn=Asset |
| 2 | **throw** | past | the landlord | mead |  | landlord's face | then |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mead=Theme in face=Destination |
| 3 | **get** | past | Little | a bushel of money |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bushel=Stimulus |

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