--- title: Why'd everyone keep laughing at him, bruv? — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd everyone keep laughing at him, bruv? Test 3 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… Why'd everyone keep laughing at him, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** keep, laugh This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t3:1 # text = Why'd everyone keep laughing at him, bruv? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | everyone *not said here* | | | | | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} cos he was always a total fool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t3:o1:1 # text = cos he was always a total fool 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | cos | a total fool | | | | always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos he was dead daft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t3:o2:1 # text = cos he was dead daft 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 daft daft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cos *not said here* | | | | daft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos he tripped over his shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t3:o3:1 # text = cos he tripped over his shoes 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tripped trip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trip** | past | cos | | | cos's shoes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over shoe=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos he went and brought his mam up a hill in a sack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t3:o4:1 # text = cos he went and brought his mam up a hill in a sack 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mam mam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | cos | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | cos *not said here* | cos's mam | | a sack | | up a hill | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mam=Theme | **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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