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title: Was Labakan being a bit extra or nah? — Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Labakan being a bit extra or nah? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 9 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

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Was Labakan being a bit extra or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Labakan · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Labakan

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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/716-pg2435-part56/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t9:1
# text = Was Labakan being a bit extra or nah?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Labakan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | Labakan |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; extra *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was acting very proud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was acting very proud
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was well full of himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was well full of himself
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of himself *= he*; full, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was strutting about the workshop like a king and bragging to every single customer

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was strutting about the workshop like a king and bragging to every single customer
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	strutting	strut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	workshop	workshop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	bragging	brag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strut** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | about the workshop; like a king | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about workshop=Trajectory |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* | gerund | he *not said here* |  | every single customer |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to customer=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was just trying on a robe, nothing more, and then he went back to work

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, he was just trying on a robe, nothing more, and then he went back to work
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	appos	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	back	back	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | he |  |  | a robe |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **go back** | past | he |  |  |  | then |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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