--- title: Bruv, why did the Ass go full mental and smash the dinner? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, why did the Ass go full mental and smash the dinner? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 136 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass wrecks the master's dinner and is beaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/136-pg11339-part6/t1/) [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 Ass and the Lap-do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/136-pg11339-part6/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w… Bruv, why did the Ass go full mental and smash the dinner? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ass · **What happens:** go, smash · **To what, where:** dinner This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 136 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass wrecks the master's dinner and is beaten» 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/136-pg11339-part6/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t1:1 # text = Bruv, why did the Ass go full mental and smash the dinner? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 smash smash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the Ass | | | | | Bruv *vocative*; mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **smash** | present | the Ass *not said here* | the dinner | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme | 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 {#o1} He was mad jealous of the posh Lap-dog getting all the attention and treats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t1:o1:1 # text = He was mad jealous of the posh Lap-dog getting all the attention and treats 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 posh posh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 Lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 treats treat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | of the posh Lap dog and treats; jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | the posh Lap dog and treats *not said here* | all attention | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was well jealous of the Lap-dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t1:o2:1 # text = He was well jealous of the Lap-dog 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | of the Lap dog; jealous, well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was proper hungry, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t1:o3:1 # text = He was proper hungry, innit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 proper properly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 innit innit INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | hungry, properly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He just wanted to eat it all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t1:o4:1 # text = He just wanted to eat it all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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