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title: what's the deal with October and his English plough? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the deal with October and his English plough? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the deal with October and his English plough?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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/887-pg27200-part98/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t12:1
# text = what's the deal with October and his English plough?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	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** | present | the deal with October and his English plough |  |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
He's a squire who sells fruit and brings a huge crate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t12:o1:1
# text = He's a squire who sells fruit and brings a huge crate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	crate	crate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a squire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** | present | a squire | fruit |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme |
| 3 | **bring** | present | a squire *not said here* | a huge crate |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent crate=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's a squire who farms and brings a huge load

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t12:o2:1
# text = He's a squire who farms and brings a huge load
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
8	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a squire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | present | a squire | a huge load |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's a squire with an English plough and cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t12:o3:1
# text = He's a squire with an English plough and cows
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a squire |  |  |  | with a English plough and cows | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's a squire who farms the whole moor and brings a huge load of barley and oats to the town every year

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t12:o4:1
# text = He's a squire who farms the whole moor and brings a huge load of barley and oats to the town every year
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
6	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
22	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a squire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | present | a squire | a huge load of barley and oats |  | the town | year |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent load=Theme to town=Destination |

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