--- title: What did the sweep reckon about his job? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the sweep reckon about his job? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/974-pg27200-part185/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/974-pg27200-part185/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw… What did the sweep reckon about his job? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sweep · **What happens:** reckon, job This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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/974-pg27200-part185/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t11:1 # text = What did the sweep reckon about his job? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the sweep | | | | | about sweep's job | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 2 | **job** | | sweep | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} he could keep her going with it and make a lot of money ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t11:o1:1 # text = he could keep her going with it and make a lot of money 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | could | he | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | with it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | he *not said here* | a lot of money | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lot=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he could keep her well with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t11:o2:1 # text = he could keep her well with it 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | could | he | her *= she* | | | | with it; well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he could keep her going with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t11:o3:1 # text = he could keep her going with it 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | could | he | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | with it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} he could support her with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t11:o4:1 # text = he could support her with it 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **support** | could | he | | her *= she* | | | with it | vn help-72.1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary with it=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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