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title: Bruv, why'd the frog just sit there in the middle of the lake? — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why'd the frog just sit there in the middle of the lake? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…

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Bruv, why'd the frog just sit there in the middle of the lake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** frog · **What happens:** sit · **To what, where:** middle

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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/1178-pg3027-part44/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why'd the frog just sit there in the middle of the lake?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | infinitive | the frog |  |  | the middle of the lake; there |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location |

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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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He was having a right kip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t2:o1:1
# text = He was having a right kip
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kip	kip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · progressive | He | a right kip |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kip=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was stuck in the mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t2:o2:1
# text = He was stuck in the mud
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | the mud |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was sulking, proper mardy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t2:o3:1
# text = He was sulking, proper mardy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mardy	mardy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was just bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t2:o4:1
# text = He was just bored
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

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