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title: Howay, what's the bugle thing for, hinny? — English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the C… · tree and pragmatics
description: Howay, what's the bugle thing for, hinny? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Howay, what's the bugle thing for, hinny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Howay · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bugle thing

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» 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/265-pg14241-part32/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t3:1
# text = Howay, what's the bugle thing for, hinny?
1	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bugle	bugle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	hinny	hinny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Howay | the bugle thing |  |  |  | for hinny | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, it's for callin' the servants oot and tellin' them tae open the big doors

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t3:o1:1
# text = Aye, it's for callin' the servants oot and tellin' them tae open the big doors
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	callin	callin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	oot	oot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tellin	tellin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
15	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	mark	_	_
16	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for callin | tree rules |
| 2 | **open** | infinitive | callin *not said here* | the big doors |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Blowin' it three times signals the Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t3:o2:1
# text = Blowin' it three times signals the Hall
1	Blowin	Blowin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signal** |  | Blowin |  |  |  |  |  | nom signal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Blowin' it three times signals the Hall that the lad's survived the worm, man

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t3:o3:1
# text = Blowin' it three times signals the Hall that the lad's survived the worm, man
1	Blowin	Blowin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	survived	survive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | participle | Blowin's times signals *not said here* | the worm and man |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme worm=Circumstance |
| 2 | **signal** |  | Blowin |  |  |  |  |  | nom signal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tellin' the folks the lad's alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t3:o4:1
# text = Tellin' the folks the lad's alive
1	Tellin	Tellin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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

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