--- title: Bruv, the Lizard's a proper cynic, innit? What did he do when the St… — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, the Lizard's a proper cynic, innit? What did he do when the Student was crying? 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What did he do when the Student was crying? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lizard, you, Bruv, Student · **What happens:** be, innit, do, cry · **To what, where:** proper cynic This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» 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/2033-pg902-part3/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Bruv, the Lizard's a proper cynic, innit? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:t6:1 # text = Bruv, the Lizard's a proper cynic, innit? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Lizard Lizard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cynic cynic NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Lizard | a proper cynic | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did he do when the Student was crying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:t6:2 # text = What did he do when the Student was crying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Student Student PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Bruv | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the Student | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He laughed outright and mocked him loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:t6:o1:1 # text = He laughed outright and mocked him loudly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 outright outright ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | He | | | | | outright *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mock** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | loudly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He laughed outright at the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:t6:o2:1 # text = He laughed outright at the boy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 outright outright ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | He | | | | | at the boy; outright *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He called him soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:t6:o3:1 # text = He called him soft 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | He | | him *= he* | | | soft *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He laughed outright ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:t6:o4:1 # text = He laughed outright 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 outright outright ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | He | | | | | outright *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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