--- title: Bruv, was the Fox's trick on the Cock actually a proper plan? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, was the Fox's trick on the Cock actually a proper plan? Test 13 · ★ 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 eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/136-pg11339-part6/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w… Bruv, was the Fox's trick on the Cock actually a proper plan? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** trick This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t13:1 # text = Bruv, was the Fox's trick on the Cock actually a proper plan? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 actually actually ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Fox's trick | | | | on the Cock; Bruv *vocative*; a proper plan *nmod* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, he wanted the Cock as breakfast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he wanted the Cock as breakfast 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 wanted want 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 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | the Cock | | | | as breakfast | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cock=Theme as breakfast=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he only wanted a chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t13:o2:1 # text = Nah, he only wanted a chat 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | a chat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chat=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he wanted the Cock as breakfast and had planned it all along ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he wanted the Cock as breakfast and had planned it all along 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 wanted want 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 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 along along ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | the Cock | | | | as breakfast | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cock=Theme as breakfast=Attribute | | 2 | **plan** | past · perfect | he *not said here* | breakfast | | | | along *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he was dead hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t13:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he was dead hungry 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | **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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