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title: deadass, what did she sell for cash? — Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: deadass, what did she sell for cash? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wanderin…

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deadass, what did she sell for cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deadass · **What happens:** sell · **To what, where:** deadass

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» 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/949-pg27200-part160/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t7:1
# text = deadass, what did she sell for cash?
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · do-support | deadass | deadass |  |  |  | for cash | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme for cash=Asset |

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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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some old family silver plates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t7:o1:1
# text = some old family silver plates
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a couple of golden rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t7:o2:1
# text = a couple of golden rings
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her mother's dresses and a couple of golden rings from town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t7:o3:1
# text = her mother's dresses and a couple of golden rings from town
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
all of her jewels and a couple of golden rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:949-pg27200-part160:t7:o4:1
# text = all of her jewels and a couple of golden rings
1	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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