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title: Bruv, how'd the cat catch them rabbits, like? — Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, how'd the cat catch them rabbits, like? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 3 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th…

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Bruv, how'd the cat catch them rabbits, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** catch · **To what, where:** them

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» 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/1083-pg29021-part8/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t3:1
# text = Bruv, how'd the cat catch them rabbits, like?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would | the cat | them *= they* |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary rabbit=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Played dead with bran in the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t3:o1:1
# text = Played dead with bran in the bag
1	Played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bran	bran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  |  |  | the bag |  | with bran; dead *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bran=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hid in the barn with oats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t3:o2:1
# text = Hid in the barn with oats
1	Hid	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the barn |  | with oats | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pretended dead with corn inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t3:o3:1
# text = Pretended dead with corn inside
1	Pretended	pretend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with corn; dead, inside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Played dead with bran in the bag and a rabbit trap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:t3:o4:1
# text = Played dead with bran in the bag and a rabbit trap
1	Played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bran	bran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  |  |  | the bag and a rabbit trap |  | with bran; dead *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bran=Theme |

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