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title: what's the deal with the youngest brother's arm, innit? — Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the deal with the youngest brother's arm, innit? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her bro…

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what's the deal with the youngest brother's arm, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** deal

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» 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/1679-pg640-part3/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t7:1
# text = what's the deal with the youngest brother's arm, innit?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the deal |  |  |  | with the youngest brother's arm | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he's got a golden hand instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t7:o1:1
# text = he's got a golden hand instead
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | a golden hand |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he's got a swan's wing instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t7:o2:1
# text = he's got a swan's wing instead
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | a swan's wing |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he's got a full swan's wing where his left arm should be, which is proper weird, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t7:o3:1
# text = he's got a full swan's wing where his left arm should be, which is proper weird, innit
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | a full swan's wing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he's got a swan's wing instead of his left arm, and feathers all over his shoulder

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t7:o4:1
# text = he's got a swan's wing instead of his left arm, and feathers all over his shoulder
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
16	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | a swan's wing |  | his shoulder |  | instead his left arm; feathers *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus |

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