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title: No way, what did the rich dad say when he saw the clay? — Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: No way, what did the rich dad say when he saw the clay? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

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No way, what did the rich dad say when he saw the clay?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** way · **What happens:** do, say, see · **To what, where:** rich dad, clay · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» 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/952-pg27200-part163/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t5:1
# text = No way, what did the rich dad say when he saw the clay?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | no way | the rich dad |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | no way |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **see** | past | way | the clay |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clay=Stimulus |

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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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"It is your living image, my friend, and I will pay you well for it"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t5:o1:1
# text = "It is your living image, my friend, and I will pay you well for it"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | your living image and my friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | future | I | you |  |  |  | for friend; well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Asset for it=Theme |

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

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"It is your living image"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t5:o2:1
# text = "It is your living image"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | your living image |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"It is a lovely thing"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t5:o3:1
# text = "It is a lovely thing"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | a lovely thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Never have I seen a clay figure so like a living woman in all my years"

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t5:o4:1
# text = "Never have I seen a clay figure so like a living woman in all my years"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | a clay figure |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus |

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