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title: what's Jack even sayin with "vorton" and "zo now" like — English Fairy Tales, Princess of Cante… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's Jack even sayin with "vorton" and "zo now" like Test 5 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…

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what's Jack even sayin with "vorton" and "zo now" like

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** sayin

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» 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/266-pg14241-part33/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t5:1
# text = what's Jack even sayin with "vorton" and "zo now" like
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sayin	sayin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	vorton	vorton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	zo	zo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
15	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Jack's sayin and zo |  |  |  | with vorton | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's mumbling nonsense cos he's drunk and has lost his way home today

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t5:o1:1
# text = He's mumbling nonsense cos he's drunk and has lost his way home today
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mumbling	mumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	drunk	drunk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mumble** *speech: other* | present · progressive | He | nonsense |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | drunk *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | present · perfect | he *not said here* | his way |  |  | today | home *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's using old Scottish words for food and drink that nobody at court knows

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t5:o2:1
# text = He's using old Scottish words for food and drink that nobody at court knows
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive | He | old Scottish words |  |  |  | for food and drink | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent word=Theme for food=Eventuality |
| 2 | **know** | present | nobody | food and drink |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He talks in proper country dialect, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t5:o3:1
# text = He talks in proper country dialect, innit
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | He |  |  | proper country dialect and innit |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's speaking some old language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:266-pg14241-part33:t5:o4:1
# text = He's speaking some old language
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · progressive | He | some old language |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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