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title: bruv those dogs took ages to come, innit — Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv those dogs took ages to come, innit Test 2 · ★ of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…

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bruv those dogs took ages to come, innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruv · **What happens:** take, come, innit · **To what, where:** ages

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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/706-pg2435-part46/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t2:1
# text = bruv those dogs took ages to come, innit
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | bruv | ages |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent age=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Yeah they only came back on the third shout after ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah they only came back on the third shout after ages
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | they |  |  | the third shout | after ages |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shout=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah they got there right away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah they got there right away
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  | there |  | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yeah they came on the second go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah they came on the second go
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | they |  |  | the second go |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on go=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah they only came on the third shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah they only came on the third shout
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | they |  |  | the third shout |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shout=Location |

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