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title: what work did the Miller want done that day, bruv? — Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what work did the Miller want done that day, bruv? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2037 «Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away everything and works until he is worn out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 10 · ★ · Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away…

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what work did the Miller want done that day, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** work

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2037 «Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away everything and works until he is worn out» 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/2037-pg902-part7/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:t10:1
# text = what work did the Miller want done that day, bruv?
1	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Miller	Miller	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · passive · do-support |  | what work |  |  | day | bruv *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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}

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sweep the mill yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:t10:o1:1
# text = sweep the mill yard
1	sweep	sweep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mill yard |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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mend the leaking barn roof and the stable door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:t10:o2:1
# text = mend the leaking barn roof and the stable door
1	mend	mend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	leaking	leak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | imperative | you *not said here* | the leaking barn roof and the stable door |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leak** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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mend the leaking barn roof before dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:t10:o3:1
# text = mend the leaking barn roof before dinner
1	mend	mend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	leaking	leak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | imperative | you *not said here* | the leaking barn roof |  |  | before dinner |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leak** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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mend the barn roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:t10:o4:1
# text = mend the barn roof
1	mend	mend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | imperative | you *not said here* | the barn roof |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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