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title: Who's that old bruv hobbling up to the tower? — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's that old bruv hobbling up to the tower? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 7 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who's that old bruv hobbling up to the tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old bruv · **What happens:** be, hobble up · **To what, where:** old bruv, tower

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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/1538-pg540-part35/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t7:1
# text = Who's that old bruv hobbling up to the tower?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	hobbling	hobble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that old bruv |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hobble up** | gerund | that old bruv *not said here* |  |  | the tower |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tower=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just a little old woman leaning on a stick, looking mean and hungry, like

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t7:o1:1
# text = Just a little old woman leaning on a stick, looking mean and hungry, like
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
12	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
16	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | gerund | a little old woman |  |  | a stick |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stick=Location |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | a little old woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old wrinkled lady walking slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t7:o2:1
# text = An old wrinkled lady walking slow
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrinkle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | a old wrinkled lady *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A little old woman leaning on a stick, coming up the hill with a basket and a grin

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t7:o3:1
# text = A little old woman leaning on a stick, coming up the hill with a basket and a grin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | gerund | a little old woman *not said here* |  |  | a stick |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stick=Location |
| 2 | **come up** | gerund | a little old woman *not said here* | the hill |  |  |  | with a basket and a grin | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hill=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A little old woman leaning on a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t7:o4:1
# text = A little old woman leaning on a stick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | gerund | a little old woman *not said here* |  |  | a stick |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stick=Location |

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