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title: Bruv, why's the Sun always proper grumpy at night? — tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why's the Sun always proper grumpy at night? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 2 · ★ · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

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Bruv, why's the Sun always proper grumpy at night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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/1530-pg540-part27/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why's the Sun always proper grumpy at night?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Sun |  |  |  | night | Bruv *vocative*; always, grumpy, properly *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He sees the Princess crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t2:o1:1
# text = He sees the Princess crying
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | He | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cos the Wind keeps blowing his light out all night long, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t2:o2:1
# text = Cos the Wind keeps blowing his light out all night long, bruv
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the Wind |  |  |  | night | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow out** | gerund | the Wind *not said here* | Wind's light |  |  |  | out *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 3 | **light** |  | Wind |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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He sees all the evil stuff people do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t2:o3:1
# text = He sees all the evil stuff people do
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | He | all evil stuff |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | present | people | all evil stuff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He hates the cold at night, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:t2:o4:1
# text = He hates the cold at night, yeah
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | He | the cold |  |  | night |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus |

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