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title: What did the goose say about getting squeezed, bruv? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the goose say about getting squeezed, bruv? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 11 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

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What did the goose say about getting squeezed, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goose · **What happens:** do, say, squeeze · **To what, where:** bruv · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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/1791-pg641-part42/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t11:1
# text = What did the goose say about getting squeezed, bruv?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the goose |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **squeeze** | gerund · passive |  | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP» |

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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}

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Squeeze too tight and I'll bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t11:o1:1
# text = Squeeze too tight and I'll bite
1	Squeeze	squeeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Please don't squeeze so tight, mate, or I'll bite you hard and loud

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t11:o2:1
# text = Please don't squeeze so tight, mate, or I'll bite you hard and loud
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **squeeze** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; tight *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bite** | future | I | you |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hold tighter and I'll hiss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t11:o3:1
# text = Hold tighter and I'll hiss
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	tighter	tight	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	hiss	hiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hiss** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Squeeze too tight and I'll bite your fingers right off, Jem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t11:o4:1
# text = Squeeze too tight and I'll bite your fingers right off, Jem
1	Squeeze	squeeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | future | I | your fingers |  |  |  | off *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |

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