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title: Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit? What did he plan for them babes? — English Fairy Tales, The Children in t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit? What did he plan for them babes? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

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Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit? What did he plan for them babes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, he · **What happens:** be, innit, plan · **To what, where:** proper sus

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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/252-pg14241-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t1:1
# text = Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that uncle | proper sus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did he plan for them babes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t1:2
# text = What did he plan for them babes?
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	plan	plan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	babes	babe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | for babes | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Make them both disappear forever in the wood, bruv, and sort out the cash

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = Make them both disappear forever in the wood, bruv, and sort out the cash
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disappear	disappear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sort	sort	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **disappear** | present | both |  |  | the wood and bruv |  | forever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sort out** | present |  | the cash |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Send them off to London, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = Send them off to London, bruv
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | London |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to london=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make them both away, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = Make them both away, bruv
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	appos	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make away** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make them both away proper, bruv, and get the whole lot of their gold

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = Make them both away proper, bruv, and get the whole lot of their gold
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	appos	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make away** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | away, proper *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive |  | the whole lot of their gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |

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