--- title: Bro, what did the Bear do to the Traveller who was playing dead? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, what did the Bear do to the Traveller who was playing dead? Test 4 · ★ 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 e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/136-pg11339-part6/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 Ass and the Lap-do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/136-pg11339-part6/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w… Bro, what did the Bear do to the Traveller who was playing dead? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bear · **What happens:** do, play This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t4:1 # text = Bro, what did the Bear do to the Traveller who was playing dead? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 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 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Traveller Traveller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the Bear | | | | | to the Traveller; Bro *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **play** | past · progressive | | | | | | dead *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1} Sniffed all over him, then just buzzed off into the woods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t4:o1:1 # text = Sniffed all over him, then just buzzed off into the woods 1 Sniffed sniff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 buzzed buzz VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | participle | | | | | | over him *= he* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over he=Theme | | 2 | **buzz off** | participle | | | | the woods | then | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into wood=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sniffed him and then left him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t4:o2:1 # text = Sniffed him and then left him 1 Sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | | him *= he* | | | then | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sniffed him all over and buzzed off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t4:o3:1 # text = Sniffed him all over and buzzed off 1 Sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 buzzed buzz VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | | him *= he* | | | | over *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **buzz off** | participle | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Poked him and wandered off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t4:o4:1 # text = Poked him and wandered off 1 Poked poke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 2 | **wander off** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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