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title: Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad." ("T… — The big language quiz · tree and pragmatics
description: Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad." ("Thee" is an old word for you.) In standard English what is the past of "bring"? Test 4 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 4 · The big language quiz

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Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad." ("Thee" is an old word for you.) In standard English what is the past of "bring"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, thee · **What happens:** say, present, be, bring · **To what, where:** old word, past, standard English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» of the language 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:1
# text = Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	_
8	brung	brung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
9	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nsubj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your grandad from Yorkshire |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **present** *in a quote* |  | thee |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Thee" is an old word for you.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:2
# text = ("Thee" is an old word for you.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Thee | a old word |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* In standard English what is the past of "bring"?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:3
# text = In standard English what is the past of "bring"?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the past |  | standard English |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Brang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:o1:1
# text = Brang
1	Brang	Brang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bringed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:o2:1
# text = Bringed
1	Bringed	bringed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Brought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:o3:1
# text = Brought
1	Brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brung

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:t4:o4:1
# text = Brung
1	Brung	Brung	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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