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title: Bruv, why'd the Stalo jump so high, innit? — Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why'd the Stalo jump so high, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1195 «Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras kills the Stalo's dog and takes his gold, then the sick king gets a magic slipper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras ki…

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Bruv, why'd the Stalo jump so high, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Stalo · **What happens:** jump, innit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1195 «Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras kills the Stalo's dog and takes his gold, then the sick king gets a magic slipper» 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/1195-pg3027-part61/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1195-pg3027-part61:t1:1
# text = Bruv, why'd the Stalo jump so high, innit?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present | the Stalo |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative*; high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the Stalo *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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To dodge the arrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1195-pg3027-part61:t1:o1:1
# text = To dodge the arrows
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dodge** | to-infinitive |  | the arrows |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent arrow=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To escape the boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1195-pg3027-part61:t1:o2:1
# text = To escape the boat
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | the boat |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boat=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the arrows were poisoned and he wanted to be safe from them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1195-pg3027-part61:t1:o3:1
# text = Because the arrows were poisoned and he wanted to be safe from them all
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past · passive |  | the arrows |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from arrows *= arrow*; safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To scare the archer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1195-pg3027-part61:t1:o4:1
# text = To scare the archer
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	archer	archer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive |  | the archer |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus archer=Experiencer |

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