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title: Bruv, what was the stone in his turban actually for, innit? — Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what was the stone in his turban actually for, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1157 «Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of ice is raised, and the ogre tricks the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of…

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Bruv, what was the stone in his turban actually for, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** turban · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** stone, turban

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1157 «Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of ice is raised, and the ogre tricks the princess» 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/1157-pg3027-part23/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what was the stone in his turban actually for, innit?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	turban	turban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the stone |  | Bruv's turban |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | Bruv's turban *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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making stuff appear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:t2:o1:1
# text = making stuff appear
1	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
2	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stuff=Product |
| 2 | **appear** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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keeping him warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:t2:o2:1
# text = keeping him warm
1	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a lucky charm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:t2:o3:1
# text = a lucky charm
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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hiding things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:t2:o4:1
# text = hiding things
1	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

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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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