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title: Wait, the cat actually sorted the rats out in the barn? — Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the cat actually sorted the rats out in the barn? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 6 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clums…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the cat actually sorted the rats out in the barn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cat · **What happens:** wait, sort out · **To what, where:** rats, barn

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» 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/1156-pg3027-part22/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t6:1
# text = Wait, the cat actually sorted the rats out in the barn?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sort out** | past | the cat | the rats |  |  |  | in the barn *goal*; actually *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent rat=Theme in barn=Goal |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, dead quick, every rat got caught, sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, dead quick, every rat got caught, sick
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  | every rat |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the rats ran off to the fields, the cat was too slow and lazy, proper rubbish, mate, honest

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, the rats ran off to the fields, the cat was too slow and lazy, proper rubbish, mate, honest
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | the rats |  |  |  |  | to the fields *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to field=Result |
| 2 | **is** | past | the cat |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the cat was dead quick and not one rat got away from the barn, mint, innit, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the cat was dead quick and not one rat got away from the barn, mint, innit, bruv
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cat |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get away** | past | one rat |  |  | the barn and mint |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from barn=Source |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, proper quick, not one got away, mint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1156-pg3027-part22:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, proper quick, not one got away, mint
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get away** | participle | one |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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