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title: Mate, how did Barbaik treat Jegu before the brownie helped? — Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how did Barbaik treat Jegu before the brownie helped? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 10 · ★ · Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the w…

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Mate, how did Barbaik treat Jegu before the brownie helped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Barbaik · **What happens:** treat, help · **To what, where:** Jegu

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» 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/1336-pg3454-part61/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t10:1
# text = Mate, how did Barbaik treat Jegu before the brownie helped?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Barbaik	Barbaik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
7	Jegu	Jegu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	brownie	brownie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	helped	help	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 | **treat** | past · do-support | Barbaik |  | Jegu |  | before the brownie | Mate *vocative* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jegu=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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she ignored him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t10:o1:1
# text = she ignored him
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she laughed at his clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t10:o2:1
# text = she laughed at his clothes
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | she |  |  | his clothes |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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she made fun of him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t10:o3:1
# text = she made fun of him
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | she | fun of him |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she avoided him at church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t10:o4:1
# text = she avoided him at church
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	avoided	avoid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | past | she | him *= he* |  | church |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location |

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