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title: got my change, just shove it in my pocket — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics
description: got my change, just shove it in my pocket Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 14 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending

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got my change, just shove it in my pocket

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** my · **What happens:** get, shove, change · **To what, where:** change, pocket

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This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday 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/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t14:1
# text = got my change, just shove it in my pocket
1	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shove	shove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | my change |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shove** | infinitive |  | change |  | my pocket |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination |
| 3 | **change** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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Count it when you get home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t14:o1:1
# text = Count it when you get home
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | you |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Count it before you leave the till

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t14:o2:1
# text = Count it before you leave the till
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | present | you | the till |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent till=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask the next customer in the queue to check it for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t14:o3:1
# text = Ask the next customer in the queue to check it for you
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the next customer |  | the queue |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent customer=Recipient |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | customer |  |  |  | for you | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for you=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, tills are never wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t14:o4:1
# text = Fine, tills are never wrong
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tills	till	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Fine tills |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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