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title: Yo, the fox asked the bee for eyes, what was that all about? — Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reind… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, the fox asked the bee for eyes, what was that all about? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, the fox asked the bee for eyes, what was that all about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** ask · **To what, where:** bee

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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/1244-pg3282-part45/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t5:1
# text = Yo, the fox asked the bee for eyes, what was that all about?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	conj	_	_
15	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the fox |  | the bee |  |  | about *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bee=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He needed a spare pair of eyes after getting blinded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t5:o1:1
# text = He needed a spare pair of eyes after getting blinded
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	blinded	blind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | He | a spare pair of eyes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pair=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **blind** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had dropped his eyes and needed to find them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t5:o2:1
# text = He had dropped his eyes and needed to find them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past · perfect | He | his eyes |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had been blinded by the boiling pot and needed spare eyes to go on with his trickery

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t5:o3:1
# text = He had been blinded by the boiling pot and needed spare eyes to go on with his trickery
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	blinded	blind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	trickery	trickery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blind** | past · perfect · passive | the boiling pot | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | past | the boiling pot *not said here* | spare eyes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot eye=Theme |
| 3 | **go on** | to-infinitive | the boiling pot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his trickery | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **trick** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom trickery «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted a new pair to see the salmon better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t5:o4:1
# text = He wanted a new pair to see the salmon better
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a new pair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a new pair *not said here* | the salmon |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salmon=Stimulus |

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