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title: Wait, the brothers are proper jealous of Ferko, yeah? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the brothers are proper jealous of Ferko, yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 12 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the brothers are proper jealous of Ferko, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, brothers · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» 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/1692-pg640-part16/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t12:1
# text = Wait, the brothers are proper jealous of Ferko, yeah?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the brothers |  |  |  |  | of Ferko; jealous *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they're not jealous, they just think he's a bit odd and rude to them

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, they're not jealous, they just think he's a bit odd and rude to them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; odd *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, cos he's way too nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, cos he's way too nice
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | cos way | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, cos he's way too handsome and gets all the best bread from the Queen

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, cos he's way too handsome and gets all the best bread from the Queen
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | cos way | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present |  | all best bread |  |  |  | from the Queen | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bread=Theme from queen=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, cos he's way too handsome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, cos he's way too handsome
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | cos way | tree rules |

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