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title: Why did the brothers say he ate in his sleep, bruv? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the brothers say he ate in his sleep, bruv? Test 8 · ★ 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 and 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…

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Why did the brothers say he ate in his sleep, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers, he, his · **What happens:** say, eat, sleep · **To what, where:** sleep · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t8:1
# text = Why did the brothers say he ate in his sleep, bruv?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the brothers |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | past | he |  |  | his sleep and bruv |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sleep** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos they wanted to dodge sharing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t8:o1:1
# text = Cos they wanted to dodge sharing
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dodge** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cos *not said here* | sharing |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sharing=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos they wanted to dodge sharing the bread with him, and they lied to the Queen about it

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t8:o2:1
# text = Cos they wanted to dodge sharing the bread with him, and they lied to the Queen about it
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dodge** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **share** | gerund | Cos *not said here* | the bread |  |  |  | with him *= he* | tree rules |
| 4 | **lie** | past | Cos *= co* |  |  |  |  | to the Queen; about bread | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos they were too lazy to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t8:o3:1
# text = Cos they were too lazy to share
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Cos they had already eaten his bread and wanted to blame him for being greedy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1692-pg640-part16:t8:o4:1
# text = Cos they had already eaten his bread and wanted to blame him for being greedy
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
15	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | they | his bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **blame** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |

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