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title: Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tampi… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping." ("tamping" = really angry.) What does "got the hump" mean? Test 4 · ★ 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 4 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

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Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping." ("tamping" = really angry.) What does "got the hump" mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rhys, hump · **What happens:** say, get, be, mean · **To what, where:** hump, proper tamping · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:1
# text = Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping."
1	Rhys	Rhys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Rhys and Wales |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Rhys and Wales *= rhys* | the hump |  |  | today |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Rhys and Wales *= rhys* | proper tamping |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("tamping" = really angry.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:2
# text = ("tamping" = really angry.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	punct	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What does "got the hump" mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:3
# text = What does "got the hump" mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  | the hump |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive | the hump *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Grumpy and sulky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:o1:1
# text = Grumpy and sulky
1	Grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sulky	sulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Angry enough to start a fight with the whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:o2:1
# text = Angry enough to start a fight with the whole family
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | to-infinitive |  | a fight |  |  |  | with the whole family | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality with family=Subeventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Angry enough to fight the whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:o3:1
# text = Angry enough to fight the whole family
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  | the whole family |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Feeling very sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t4:o4:1
# text = Feeling very sleepy
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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