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title: Ngl, what was the Lion doing when he lifted his paw? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what was the Lion doing when he lifted his paw? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w…

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Ngl, what was the Lion doing when he lifted his paw?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, Lion · **What happens:** do, lift · **To what, where:** paw

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t5:1
# text = Ngl, what was the Lion doing when he lifted his paw?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	was	be	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	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lift** | past | Lion | Lion's paw |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Showing the Slave his sore foot so he could pull the thorn out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t5:o1:1
# text = Showing the Slave his sore foot so he could pull the thorn out
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Slave	Slave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | his sore foot | the Slave |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent slave=Recipient foot=Topic |
| 2 | **pull out** | could | he | the thorn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Showing the Slave his sore foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t5:o2:1
# text = Showing the Slave his sore foot
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Slave	Slave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | his sore foot | the Slave |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent slave=Recipient foot=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Holding up his paw so the Slave could see his sore foot and fix it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t5:o3:1
# text = Holding up his paw so the Slave could see his sore foot and fix it
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | gerund |  | his paw |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot paw=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | could | the Slave | Slave's sore foot |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fix** | infinitive | the Slave *not said here* | foot |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Showing the Slave his hurt paw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t5:o4:1
# text = Showing the Slave his hurt paw
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Slave	Slave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | his hurt paw | the Slave |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent slave=Recipient paw=Topic |
| 2 | **hurt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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