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title: bruh why does the wolf just let them sew him up? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh why does the wolf just let them sew him up? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Test 2 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruh why does the wolf just let them sew him up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** them · **What happens:** let, sew up · **To what, where:** them, him

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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/1294-pg3454-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t2:1
# text = bruh why does the wolf just let them sew him up?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	sew	sew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present · do-support |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sew up** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause he's scared of the dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = Cause he's scared of the dogs
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | of the dogs; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause he's playing it cool till later, when he plans to eat every sheep in the fold

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = Cause he's playing it cool till later, when he plans to eat every sheep in the fold
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fold	fold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · progressive | he | it |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **plan** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | every sheep |  | the fold |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause he wants the sheep for dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = Cause he wants the sheep for dinner
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	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	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Cause | the sheep |  |  |  | for dinner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sheep=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause he's playing it cool till later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = Cause he's playing it cool till later
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · progressive | he | it |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**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.

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