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title: Boys chucking stones at frogs, what did a frog say? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Boys chucking stones at frogs, what did a frog say? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 15 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as…

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Boys chucking stones at frogs, what did a frog say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Boys · **What happens:** chuck, say · **To what, where:** stones · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» 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/134-pg11339-part4/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t15:1
# text = Boys chucking stones at frogs, what did a frog say?
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
2	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | gerund | Boys *not said here* | stones |  |  |  | at frogs | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at frog=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Stop, it's death to us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t15:o1:1
# text = Stop, it's death to us
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | death |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stop, you're hurting us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t15:o2:1
# text = Stop, you're hurting us
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hurting	hurt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hurt** | present · progressive | you | us |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stop, it's a game for you but death to us, so please stop now

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t15:o3:1
# text = Stop, it's a game for you but death to us, so please stop now
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	_
16	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
17	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a game but death |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please, you're killing us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t15:o4:1
# text = Please, you're killing us
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present · progressive | you | us |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

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