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title: Bruv, what's the Lark mum's chill line when the farmer's only asking… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what's the Lark mum's chill line when the farmer's only asking mates for help? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…

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Bruv, what's the Lark mum's chill line when the farmer's only asking mates for help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, farmer · **What happens:** be, ask · **To what, where:** chill line, mates

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t3:1
# text = Bruv, what's the Lark mum's chill line when the farmer's only asking mates for help?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Lark	Lark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	acl	_	_
17	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bruv | the Lark mum's chill line |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | the farmer | mates |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mate=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chill, he ain't gonna do nothing, it's just talk round here

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t3:o1:1
# text = Chill, he ain't gonna do nothing, it's just talk round here
1	Chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ai	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Vrnc|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	round	round	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  | here |  | round, talk *property* | tree rules |

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

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Ain't no rush, he's not serious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t3:o2:1
# text = Ain't no rush, he's not serious
1	Ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Ai | no rush *not said here* |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ain't no rush, he's not serious, he's just fooling about

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t3:o3:1
# text = Ain't no rush, he's not serious, he's just fooling about
1	Ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
15	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Ai and no rush |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fool about** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ain't bothered, he's joking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t3:o4:1
# text = Ain't bothered, he's joking
1	Ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	bothered	bother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	joking	joke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bother** | participle | Ai |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | present · progressive | Ai |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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