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title: Who did the shipwrecked bloke blame, bruv? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the shipwrecked bloke blame, bruv? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

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Who did the shipwrecked bloke blame, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, shipwreck · **To what, where:** shipwrecked bloke blame

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» 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/140-pg11339-part10/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t9:1
# text = Who did the shipwrecked bloke blame, bruv?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	shipwrecked	shipwreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the shipwrecked bloke blame and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shipwreck** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Sea, till the Sea blamed the Winds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = The Sea, till the Sea blamed the Winds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | past | the Sea till the Sea | the Winds |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Winds, till the Sea blamed the Sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = The Winds, till the Sea blamed the Sky
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sky	Sky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | past | the Winds till the Sea | the Sky |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Ship's captain, and then the Sea, because the captain had sailed into the storm on purpose

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = The Ship's captain, and then the Sea, because the captain had sailed into the storm on purpose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ship	Ship	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	sailed	sail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past · perfect | the captain | the Ship's captain  the Sea *not said here* |  | the storm |  | on purpose | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent captain=Theme into storm=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Sea at first, till the Sea pointed out that the Winds were the ones who had really whipped it up

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = The Sea at first, till the Sea pointed out that the Winds were the ones who had really whipped it up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pointed	point	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Winds	Wind	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	ccomp	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	really	really	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	whipped	whip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point out** | past | the Sea |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the Winds | the ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **whip up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the ones |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient it=Result |

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