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title: that's bare cheeky, the Governor getting schooled? — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17… · tree and pragmatics
description: that's bare cheeky, the Governor getting schooled? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

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that's bare cheeky, the Governor getting schooled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, Governor · **What happens:** be, get, school

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» 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/1520-pg540-part17/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t6:1
# text = that's bare cheeky, the Governor getting schooled?
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Governor	Governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	schooled	school	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | cheeky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | the Governor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **school** | participle | the Governor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Dead right, he chased a hare for ages and still got zero dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t6:o1:1
# text = Dead right, he chased a hare for ages and still got zero dinner
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | he | a hare |  |  | for ages | dead *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | zero dinner |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dead right, he chased a hare around the kitchen for ages and still got zero dinner, plus a lecture

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t6:o2:1
# text = Dead right, he chased a hare around the kitchen for ages and still got zero dinner, plus a lecture
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lecture	lecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | he | a hare |  | the kitchen | for ages | dead *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hare=Theme around kitchen=Trajectory |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | zero dinner |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead right, he chased a fox and got no dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t6:o3:1
# text = Dead right, he chased a fox and got no dinner
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | he | a fox |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | no dinner |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he chased a hare and got no pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1520-pg540-part17:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, he chased a hare and got no pay
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | he | a hare |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | no pay |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pay=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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