--- title: So the frost killed the swallow, proper gutted, yeah? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds:… · tree and pragmatics description: So the frost killed the swallow, proper gutted, yeah? Test 4 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/134-pg11339-part4/t4/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/134-pg11339-part4/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as… So the frost killed the swallow, proper gutted, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** frost · **What happens:** kill, gut · **To what, where:** swallow This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t4:1 # text = So the frost killed the swallow, proper gutted, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 killed kill 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 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 proper properly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | the frost | the swallow | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swallow=Theme | | 2 | **gut** | participle | | the swallow *not said here* | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, a sharp frost got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, a sharp frost got it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | a sharp frost | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, a sharp frost got it, proper gutted, and the boys took the body home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, a sharp frost got it, proper gutted, and the boys took the body home 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 proper properly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | a sharp frost | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **gut** | participle | a sharp frost *not said here* | | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | the boys | the body | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, a heavy snow got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, a heavy snow got it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | a heavy snow | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, a boy with a stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:134-pg11339-part4:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, a boy with a stone 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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