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title: Bare cheeky, how did Tommy talk his way out? — English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tom… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bare cheeky, how did Tommy talk his way out? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1967 «English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca with a sofa leg and runs home» 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 wa
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# Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca…

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Bare cheeky, how did Tommy talk his way out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tommy · **What happens:** talk out · **To what, where:** way

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1967 «English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca with a sofa leg and runs home» 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/1967-pg7439-part26/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:t9:1
# text = Bare cheeky, how did Tommy talk his way out?
1	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Tommy	Tommy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk out** | past · do-support | Tommy | Tommy's way |  |  |  | out *property* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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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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Promised a pudding from his mother's kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:t9:o1:1
# text = Promised a pudding from his mother's kitchen
1	Promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  | a pudding |  | his mother's kitchen |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pudding=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Offered some jam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:t9:o2:1
# text = Offered some jam
1	Offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | participle |  | some jam |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent jam=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Promised a pudding and begged them to let him go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:t9:o3:1
# text = Promised a pudding and begged them to let him go
1	Promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  | a pudding |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pudding=Theme |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 3 | **let** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Promised a pudding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:t9:o4:1
# text = Promised a pudding
1	Promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  | a pudding |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pudding=Theme |

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