--- title: Oi, what did the cat threaten to do to the river? — Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Fal… · tree and pragmatics description: Oi, what did the cat threaten to do to the river? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1158 «Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, part 24: the stone is fished back out of the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1158-pg3027-part24/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Fal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1158-pg3027-part24/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, pa… Oi, what did the cat threaten to do to the river? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** threaten, do This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1158 «Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, part 24: the stone is fished back out of the sea» 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/1158-pg3027-part24/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:t10:1 # text = Oi, what did the cat threaten to do to the river? 1 Oi oi INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the cat | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the cat *not said here* | | | | | to the river | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Drain it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = Drain it 1 Drain drain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drain** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Poison the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = Poison the water 1 Poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Dry it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = Dry it 1 Dry dry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fill it with dirt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = Fill it with dirt 1 Fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with dirt | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with dirt=Instrument | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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