--- title: What did she say she could do, bruv? — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics description: What did she say she could do, bruv? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… What did she say she could do, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** say, do · **To what, where:** bruv · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» 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/253-pg14241-part20/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t12:1 # text = What did she say she could do, bruv? 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | she | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | could | she | bruv | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} sew ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t12:o1:1 # text = sew 1 sew sew VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sew** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} cook and clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t12:o2:1 # text = cook and clean 1 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 clean clean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **clean** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} cook, sew and wash his clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t12:o3:1 # text = cook, sew and wash his clothes 1 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sew sew VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sew** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **wash** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cook, scrub and mend his clouts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t12:o4:1 # text = cook, scrub and mend his clouts 1 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 scrub scrub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 mend mend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 clouts clout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **scrub** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mend** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his clouts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **clout** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom clout «communication transitive»: poss=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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