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title: Bruv, what did the spaniels do when he flopped? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did the spaniels do when he flopped? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart…

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Bruv, what did the spaniels do when he flopped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spaniels, Bruv · **What happens:** do, flop

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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/1893-pg7277-part30/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t8:1
# text = Bruv, what did the spaniels do when he flopped?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spaniels	spaniel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	flopped	flop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the spaniels |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **flop** | past | Bruv |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Carried him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t8:o1:1
# text = Carried him out
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Carried him out of the palace and into the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t8:o2:1
# text = Carried him out of the palace and into the snow
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the palace and the snow |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out palace=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dragged him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t8:o3:1
# text = Dragged him away
1	Dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag away** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carried him out of the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t8:o4:1
# text = Carried him out of the hall
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the hall |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out hall=Initial\_Location |

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