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title: Uncle Dave, rough: "Shut up and get on with it, or you'll get the hu… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle Dave, rough: "Shut up and get on with it, or you'll get the hump like that bloody camel." What is he really telling the kid? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 75 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 13 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

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Uncle Dave, rough: "Shut up and get on with it, or you'll get the hump like that bloody camel." What is he really telling the kid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Dave · **What happens:** shut up, get on, get, tell · **To what, where:** hump, kid · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 75 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump» 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/75-justso-camel-hump/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Dave, rough: "Shut up and get on with it, or you'll get the hump like that bloody camel."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t13:1
# text = Uncle Dave, rough: "Shut up and get on with it, or you'll get the hump like that bloody camel."
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Dave	Dave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	like	like	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
23	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | future | you | the hump |  |  |  | like that bloody camel | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is he really telling the kid?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t13:2
# text = What is he really telling the kid?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | Dave |  | the kid |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient kid=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stop moaning and get busy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t13:o1:1
# text = Stop moaning and get busy
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **moan** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stop sulking and go to bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t13:o2:1
# text = Stop sulking and go to bed
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sulk** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t13:o3:1
# text = Stay home
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat your dinner and go out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t13:o4:1
# text = Eat your dinner and go out
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | your dinner |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |
| 2 | **go out** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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