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title: Sick, what did the rich guy promise to do? — Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sick, what did the rich guy promise to do? Test 6 · ★ 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 the question 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

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Sick, what did the rich guy promise to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** sick, do · **To what, where:** rich guy promise

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t6:1
# text = Sick, what did the rich guy promise to do?
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the rich guy promise |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | the rich guy promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Buy the marble Psyche as soon as the sculptor has finished every last detail of it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t6:o1:1
# text = Buy the marble Psyche as soon as the sculptor has finished every last detail of it
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Psyche	psyche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the marble Psyche |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent psyche=Beneficiary detail=Theme |
| 2 | **finish** | present · perfect · passive |  | the sculptor |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **detail** |  |  | sculptor |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Buy the marble Psyche when it's done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t6:o2:1
# text = Buy the marble Psyche when it's done
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the marble |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marble=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present · passive |  | marble |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pay the sculptor a fortune and bring him to live in the palace with the family

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t6:o3:1
# text = Pay the sculptor a fortune and bring him to live in the palace with the family
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sculptor |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent sculptor=Recipient fortune=Asset |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the palace with the family |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Buy the bronze statue after it's sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t6:o4:1
# text = Buy the bronze statue after it's sold
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bronze statue |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | present · passive |  | statue |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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