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title: Bruv, why did he say no to all that cash? — Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did he say no to all that cash? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca…

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Bruv, why did he say no to all that cash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** no, cash · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» 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/1333-pg3454-part58/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t9:1
# text = Bruv, why did he say no to all that cash?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Bruv | no | all cash |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to cash=Recipient |

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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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Wanted his mate back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t9:o1:1
# text = Wanted his mate back
1	Wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | past |  | his mate |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mate=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He just wanted the spell gone for good, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t9:o2:1
# text = He just wanted the spell gone for good, innit
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | the spell |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spell=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  | the spell *not said here* |  |  |  | for good | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary |

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

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Wanted the spell gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t9:o3:1
# text = Wanted the spell gone
1	Wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past |  | the spell |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spell=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  | the spell *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos he wanted the spell gone and his lands back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t9:o4:1
# text = Cos he wanted the spell gone and his lands back
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cos | the spell |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spell=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  | the spell *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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