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title: bruv, what wicked lie did the cat tell every time she nipped out? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, what wicked lie did the cat tell every time she nipped out? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 736 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat steals the winter fat, then eats the mouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat…

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bruv, what wicked lie did the cat tell every time she nipped out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruv, lie · **What happens:** tell, nip out · **To what, where:** time · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 736 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat steals the winter fat, then eats the mouse» 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/736-pg2591-part12/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t2:1
# text = bruv, what wicked lie did the cat tell every time she nipped out?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	nipped	nip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | bruv |  |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **nip out** | past | lie | every time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location time=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was godmother to some kid at the church every single time she left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t2:o1:1
# text = she was godmother to some kid at the church every single time she left
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | godmother and every single time |  |  |  | to some kid at the church | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | past | kid | every single time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was godmother to some kid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t2:o2:1
# text = she was godmother to some kid
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | godmother |  |  |  | to some kid | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she told the mouse that she had to go to a christening party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t2:o3:1
# text = she told the mouse that she had to go to a christening party
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	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	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	christening	christening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | the mouse |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | past | mouse |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | mouse *not said here* |  |  | a christening party |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she had a cousin with a kid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:736-pg2591-part12:t2:o4:1
# text = she had a cousin with a kid
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | a cousin |  |  |  | with a kid | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Patient |

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