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title: bruv, how's he gonna prove he can nick stuff? — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, how's he gonna prove he can nick stuff? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 6 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

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bruv, how's he gonna prove he can nick stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, nick · **To what, where:** stuff

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» 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/1519-pg540-part16/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t6:1
# text = bruv, how's he gonna prove he can nick stuff?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | prove *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **nick** | can | he | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
steal a sheep with a bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t6:o1:1
# text = steal a sheep with a bell
1	steal	steal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | imperative | you *not said here* | a sheep |  |  |  | with a bell | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sheep=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nick an ox with a shoe trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t6:o2:1
# text = nick an ox with a shoe trick
1	nick	nick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | imperative | you *not said here* | a ox |  |  |  | with a shoe trick | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ox=Patient with trick=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nick the man's ox by distracting him with a shoe and then cutting the rope tied to it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t6:o3:1
# text = nick the man's ox by distracting him with a shoe and then cutting the rope tied to it
1	nick	nick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	distracting	distract	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the man's ox |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient |
| 2 | **distract** | gerund | you *not said here* | man |  |  |  | with a shoe | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cut** | gerund | you *not said here* | the rope |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tie** | participle | you *not said here* |  | rope |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to it=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nick an ox from the farmer's field using a shoe trick and a bit of luck

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:t6:o4:1
# text = nick an ox from the farmer's field using a shoe trick and a bit of luck
1	nick	nick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | imperative | you *not said here* | a ox |  | the farmer's field |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ox=Theme from field=Source |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | you *not said here* | a shoe trick and a bit of luck |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |

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