---
title: bruv the sparrow kept saying not wretch enough yet, what's a wretch — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv the sparrow kept saying not wretch enough yet, what's a wretch Test 3 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/t3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/) / t3

# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruv the sparrow kept saying not wretch enough yet, what's a wretch

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sparrow, bruv · **What happens:** keep, say, be · **To what, where:** bruv, wretch · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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/732-pg2591-part8/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t3:1
# text = bruv the sparrow kept saying not wretch enough yet, what's a wretch
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	wretch	wretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wretch	wretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the sparrow | bruv |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | bruv *not said here* | wretch |  |  | yet | enough *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wretch=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a wretch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a miserable unlucky person, like a right loser

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t3:o1:1
# text = a miserable unlucky person, like a right loser
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	miserable	miserable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	loser	loser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a miserable, unlucky, wretched person who gets everything wrong all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t3:o2:1
# text = a miserable, unlucky, wretched person who gets everything wrong all the time
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	miserable	miserable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a miserable unlucky wretched person | everything |  |  | time | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sort of cursed bird, like a pest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t3:o3:1
# text = a sort of cursed bird, like a pest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pest	pest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sort** |  |  | cursed bird |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a really horrible sort of person, like a total loser who never wins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t3:o4:1
# text = a really horrible sort of person, like a total loser who never wins
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	loser	loser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **win** | present | a total loser |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sort** |  |  | person |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/t2/)
- next →: [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/t4/)
- ↑ back to [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/)