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title: And the trousers bloke was trying to jump in like a wally, bruh? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the trousers bloke was trying to jump in like a wally, bruh? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…

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And the trousers bloke was trying to jump in like a wally, bruh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** trousers bloke · **What happens:** try, jump in

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» 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/1944-pg7439-part3/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t7:1
# text = And the trousers bloke was trying to jump in like a wally, bruh?
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wally	wally	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
14	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | the trousers bloke |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **jump in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the trousers bloke *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a wally | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was hopping all over the room with his trousers round his ankles, dead funny, honestly, lol, like a wally

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was hopping all over the room with his trousers round his ankles, dead funny, honestly, lol, like a wally
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	round	round	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	ankles	ankle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	like	like	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	wally	wally	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | past · progressive | he |  |  | the room with his trousers round his ankles |  | like a wally | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over room=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was hopping about, dead funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was hopping about, dead funny
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop about** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | about, funny *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was rolling about, dead rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was rolling about, dead rude
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll about** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was hopping about on one leg trying to get the trousers on, dead funny, and everyone in the inn was watching

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was hopping about on one leg trying to get the trousers on, dead funny, and everyone in the inn was watching
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	26	nsubj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop about** | past · progressive | he |  |  | one leg |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the trousers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trousers=Stimulus |
| 4 | **watch** | past · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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