--- title: So the shepherd whacked the stag, right? — South American Tales, The Puma and the… · tree and pragmatics description: So the shepherd whacked the stag, right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1261-pg3282-part62/t7/) [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/) / [South American Tales, The Puma and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1261-pg3282-part62/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: th… So the shepherd whacked the stag, right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shepherd · **What happens:** whack · **To what, where:** stag This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» 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/1261-pg3282-part62/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t7:1 # text = So the shepherd whacked the stag, right? 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 whacked whack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whack** | past | the shepherd | the stag | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Patient | 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} Yeah, he hit him twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t7:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he hit him twice 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | twice *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nope, the stag escaped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t7:o2:1 # text = Nope, the stag escaped 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | past | the stag | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he hit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t7:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he hit him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, one hit killed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t7:o4:1 # text = Yeah, one hit killed him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hit hit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | one hit | him *= he* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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