---
title: yo, did the girl's buffalo actually fetch water like a boss or nah? — Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the girl's buffalo actually fetch water like a boss or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/t1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/) / t1

# Test 1 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the girl's buffalo actually fetch water like a boss or nah?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, fetch · **To what, where:** buffalo, water

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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/1169-pg3027-part35/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t1:1
# text = yo, did the girl's buffalo actually fetch water like a boss or nah?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fetch	fetch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the girl's buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fetch** | present |  | water |  |  |  | like a boss; actually *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he dropped the bucket in the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, he dropped the bucket in the lake
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | he | the bucket |  | the lake |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme in lake=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he brought the bucket back full to the brim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, he brought the bucket back full to the brim
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	brim	brim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | he | the bucket |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he tipped the bucket over and ran off into the reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t1:o3:1
# text = nah, he tipped the bucket over and ran off into the reeds
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip over** | past | he | the bucket |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the reeds *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into reed=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, but he spilt half of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, but he spilt half of it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spilt	spilt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spilt** | past | he | half of half |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, pa…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1168-pg3027-part34/e4/)
- next →: [Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/t2/)
- ↑ back to [Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/)