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title: Bruv, them dogs in the tower, were they proper savage? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, them dogs in the tower, were they proper savage? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha…

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Bruv, them dogs in the tower, were they proper savage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv dogs · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** proper savage

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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/767-pg2591-part43/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t1:1
# text = Bruv, them dogs in the tower, were they proper savage?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv dogs in the tower | proper savage |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Nah, they wagged their tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, they wagged their tails
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wagged	wag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wag** | past | they | their tails |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they went for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they went for him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | they |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, they just sat there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, they just sat there
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | they |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, not really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, not really
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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