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title: Bet the cook was a right moaning old witch to Dick, yeah? — pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Di… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bet the cook was a right moaning old witch to Dick, yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 12 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

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Bet the cook was a right moaning old witch to Dick, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cook, right · **What happens:** bet, be, moan · **To what, where:** right, old witch, Dick

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» 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/358-pg18442-part18/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t12:1
# text = Bet the cook was a right moaning old witch to Dick, yeah?
1	Bet	bet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
7	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Dick	Dick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the cook | a right |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **moan** | gerund | a right *not said here* | old witch | Dick |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Topic to dick=Recipient |

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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}

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Yeah, she was always having a go at him, and threatening him with dish-water

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she was always having a go at him, and threatening him with dish-water
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · progressive | she | a go |  |  |  | at him *= he*; always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient |
| 2 | **threaten** | gerund | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | with dish water | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was always having a go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she was always having a go
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · progressive | she | a go |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was always kind to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, she was always kind to him
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  | him *= he* |  |  | always, kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was a lovely cook, always smiling and giving Dick extra bread

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, she was a lovely cook, always smiling and giving Dick extra bread
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	Dick	Dick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	iobj	_	_
14	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a lovely cook |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **smile** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | she *not said here* | extra bread | Dick |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dick=Recipient bread=Theme |

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