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title: Bruh, why did Petru keep getting smacked? — pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, why did Petru keep getting smacked? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1778 «pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a three-headed dragon at the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Test 2 · ★ · pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a thre…

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Bruh, why did Petru keep getting smacked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Petru · **What happens:** keep, get, smack

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1778 «pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a three-headed dragon at the bridge» 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/1778-pg641-part29/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:t2:1
# text = Bruh, why did Petru keep getting smacked?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	smacked	smack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | Petru |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | Petru *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **smack** | participle | Petru *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

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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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for asking his father about the emperor's eyes again and again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:t2:o1:1
# text = for asking his father about the emperor's eyes again and again
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | his father |  | again |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient about eye=Topic |

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

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for asking about the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:t2:o2:1
# text = for asking about the eyes
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the eyes | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about eye=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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for asking the old fairy about the spring water too loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:t2:o3:1
# text = for asking the old fairy about the spring water too loudly
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | the old fairy |  |  | loudly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient about water=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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for leaving the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:t2:o4:1
# text = for leaving the palace
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |

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