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title: Bruv, the Shifty Lad was twisting a bit of wood round his finger, ri… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, the Shifty Lad was twisting a bit of wood round his finger, right? Mad, that's proper dodgy. Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th…

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Bruv, the Shifty Lad was twisting a bit of wood round his finger, right? Mad, that's proper dodgy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv, that · **What happens:** twist, be · **To what, where:** bit, finger

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» 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/1279-pg3454-part4/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bruv, the Shifty Lad was twisting a bit of wood round his finger, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t7:1
# text = Bruv, the Shifty Lad was twisting a bit of wood round his finger, right?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Shifty	shifty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Lad	Lad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	twisting	twist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | past · progressive | Bruv and the Shifty Lad | a bit of wood |  | his finger |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bit=Theme round finger=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Mad, that's proper dodgy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t7:2
# text = Mad, that's proper dodgy.
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | dodgy *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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twisting a shaving of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = twisting a shaving of wood
1	twisting	twist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shaving	shaving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | gerund |  | a shaving of wood |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shaving=Theme |
| 2 | **shave** |  |  | wood |  |  |  |  | nom shaving «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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turning a wooden twig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = turning a wooden twig
1	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | a wooden twig |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent twig=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
carving wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = carving wood
1	carving	carve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whittling a piece of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = whittling a piece of wood
1	whittling	whittle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whittle** | gerund |  | a piece of wood |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Product |

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