--- title: Proper gutted for the badger, innit? What was the rabbit saying he w… — Myths and Legends of China, The Shinan… · tree and pragmatics description: Proper gutted for the badger, innit? What was the rabbit saying he was doing when he hit him? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» of the books cour --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1349-pg4018-part9/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/) / [Myths and Legends of China, The Shinan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1349-pg4018-part9/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po… Proper gutted for the badger, innit? What was the rabbit saying he was doing when he hit him? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rabbit · **What happens:** gut, innit, be, say, do, hit · **To what, where:** badger · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» 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/1349-pg4018-part9/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Proper gutted for the badger, innit? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t4:1 # text = Proper gutted for the badger, innit? 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 badger badger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | for the badger; properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What was the rabbit saying he was doing when he hit him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t4:2 # text = What was the rabbit saying he was doing when he hit him? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the rabbit | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | past · progressive | rabbit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hit** | past | rabbit | badger | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} getting revenge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t4:o1:1 # text = getting revenge 1 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | revenge | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} defending the old woman's honour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t4:o2:1 # text = defending the old woman's honour 1 defending defend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defend** | gerund | | the old woman's honour | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Beneficiary | | 2 | **honour** | | the old woman | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} avenging the old woman's murder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t4:o3:1 # text = avenging the old woman's murder 1 avenging avenge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avenge** | gerund | | the old woman's murder | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **murder** | | the old woman | | | | | | nom murder «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} saving the fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t4:o4:1 # text = saving the fish 1 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | gerund | | the fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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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