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title: Bruv, why'd the Bull peace out without saying nothing? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why'd the Bull peace out without saying nothing? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…

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Bruv, why'd the Bull peace out without saying nothing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» 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/399-pg21-part20/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t11:1
# text = Bruv, why'd the Bull peace out without saying nothing?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Bull	Bull	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
9	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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}

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He saw the hunter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t11:o1:1
# text = He saw the hunter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He | the hunter |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunter=Stimulus |

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

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He clocked the trap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t11:o2:1
# text = He clocked the trap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clocked	clock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clock** | past | He | the trap |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme trap=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t11:o3:1
# text = He was scared
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He clocked the trap set by the Lion in the cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t11:o4:1
# text = He clocked the trap set by the Lion in the cave
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clocked	clock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clock** | past | He | the trap |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme trap=Value |
| 2 | **set** | participle |  | the trap *not said here* |  | the cave |  | by the Lion | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by lion=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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