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title: Reckon the crawling bit was the worst? Hands and knees and her staff… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Reckon the crawling bit was the worst? Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft. Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

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Reckon the crawling bit was the worst? Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, crawling bit, that · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** proper hard graft

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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/1529-pg540-part26/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Reckon the crawling bit was the worst?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t6:1
# text = Reckon the crawling bit was the worst?
1	Reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	crawling	crawling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the crawling bit |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t6:2
# text = Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft.
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	graft	graft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | proper hard graft |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she crawls round the big drop with her staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she crawls round the big drop with her staff
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crawls	crawl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | present | she |  |  | the big drop with her staff |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round drop=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she crawls round the big drop on her hands and knees and her staff helps her

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she crawls round the big drop on her hands and knees and her staff helps her
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crawls	crawl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | present | she |  |  | the big drop on her hands and knees and her staff |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round drop=Trajectory |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she crawls round the cliff using her staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she crawls round the cliff using her staff
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crawls	crawl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | present | she |  |  | the cliff |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round cliff=Trajectory |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | she *not said here* | her staff |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she has to crawl on hands and knees round the huge drop, which is the hardest bit of the whole trip

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she has to crawl on hands and knees round the huge drop, which is the hardest bit of the whole trip
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	crawl	crawl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	acl:relcl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crawl** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  | hands and knees |  | round the huge drop | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the huge drop | the hardest bit |  |  |  | of the whole trip | tree rules |

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