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title: bruv, what words did she shout that got the men splashing in the pond? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, what words did she shout that got the men splashing in the pond? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruv, what words did she shout that got the men splashing in the pond?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** words, that, men · **What happens:** shout, get, splash · **To what, where:** bruv, men, pond · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» 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/241-pg14241-part8/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t2:1
# text = bruv, what words did she shout that got the men splashing in the pond?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	splashing	splash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | words | bruv |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | that | the men |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
| 3 | **splash** | gerund | the men *not said here* |  |  | the pond |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"By virtue of my three feathers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t2:o1:1
# text = "By virtue of my three feathers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"By the power of my two feathers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t2:o2:1
# text = "By the power of my two feathers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"By virtue of my three feathers and my shining crown"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t2:o3:1
# text = "By virtue of my three feathers and my shining crown"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crown** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"By virtue of my three feathers, be soaked, all of you"

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t2:o4:1
# text = "By virtue of my three feathers, be soaked, all of you"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | virtue of my three feathers | all |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent all=Source |

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