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title: Was the younger bro buzzing about the farm, or gutted? — Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the younger bro buzzing about the farm, or gutted? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

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Was the younger bro buzzing about the farm, or gutted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** younger bro · **What happens:** be, buzz, gut · **To what, where:** younger bro

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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/1306-pg3454-part31/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t9:1
# text = Was the younger bro buzzing about the farm, or gutted?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the younger bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buzz** | gerund | the younger bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the farm | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about farm=Location |
| 3 | **gut** | participle · passive |  | the younger bro |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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Gutted, because he had always been desperate for a life in town and hated the endless farm chores

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t9:o1:1
# text = Gutted, because he had always been desperate for a life in town and hated the endless farm chores
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	desperate	desperate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	endless	endless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | for a life in town; always, desperate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hate** | past |  | the endless farm chores |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chore=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gutted, he wanted town life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t9:o2:1
# text = Gutted, he wanted town life
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | past | he | town life |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot life=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buzzing about the farm at first, but then gutted when he realised he would never leave it alone

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t9:o3:1
# text = Buzzing about the farm at first, but then gutted when he realised he would never leave it alone
1	Buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj:pass	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	realised	realise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the farm | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at first=Stimulus |
| 2 | **gut** | participle | Buzzing |  |  |  | then |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **realise** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **leave** | would | he | farm |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buzzing, he loved the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t9:o4:1
# text = Buzzing, he loved the farm
1	Buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **love** | past | he | the farm |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farm=Stimulus |

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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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