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title: Bruv, when that boy grabs the hare's ears, what does the hare do? — Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, when that boy grabs the hare's ears, what does the hare do? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

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Bruv, when that boy grabs the hare's ears, what does the hare do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, ears · **What happens:** grab, do

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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/1218-pg3282-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t2:1
# text = Bruv, when that boy grabs the hare's ears, what does the hare do?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | that boy |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present · do-support | the hare's ears |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Kicks the boy in the face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = Kicks the boy in the face
1	Kicks	kick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | present |  | the boy |  | the face |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boy=Patient in face=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cries and begs the boy to let him go right now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = Cries and begs the boy to let him go right now
1	Cries	cry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
3	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | Cries |  | the boy |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient |
| 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | Cries *not said here* | boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | boy *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Struggles to get away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = Struggles to get away
1	Struggles	struggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shouts loudly for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = Shouts loudly for help
1	Shouts	shout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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