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title: What a gutted way to end up, sleeping in the dirt! — pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Di… · tree and pragmatics
description: What a gutted way to end up, sleeping in the dirt! Test 3 · ★ 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 of each o
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# Test 3 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

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What a gutted way to end up, sleeping in the dirt!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** gut, end up, sleep · **To what, where:** dirt

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t3:1
# text = What a gutted way to end up, sleeping in the dirt!
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **end up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  | the dirt |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in dirt=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Proper, he cried himself dead asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t3:o1:1
# text = Proper, he cried himself dead asleep
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | asleep, properly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Proper, he got some kip in a corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t3:o2:1
# text = Proper, he got some kip in a corner
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	kip	kip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | some kip |  | a corner |  | properly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kip=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, he sobbed till he fell asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he sobbed till he fell asleep
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sobbed	sob	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | past | he |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Proper, he cried himself dead asleep in the corner by the cold fire, poor lad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:358-pg18442-part18:t3:o4:1
# text = Proper, he cried himself dead asleep in the corner by the cold fire, poor lad
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he | himself *= he* |  | the corner |  | by the cold fire and poor lad; asleep, properly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |

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