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title: Bruv, what did the Slave decide to do after living with the Lion? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did the Slave decide to do after living with the Lion? Test 7 · ★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w…

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Bruv, what did the Slave decide to do after living with the Lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Slave · **What happens:** decide, do, live

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t7:1
# text = Bruv, what did the Slave decide to do after living with the Lion?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	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	Slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past · do-support | the Slave |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent what=Co-Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Slave *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | the Slave *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the Lion | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with lion=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ask the Lion to let him go and then head straight back to the town for his mates

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t7:o1:1
# text = Ask the Lion to let him go and then head straight back to the town for his mates
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the Lion |  |  | for Lion's mates | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Lion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | Lion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go back to the town to fetch his mates and tell the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t7:o2:1
# text = Go back to the town to fetch his mates and tell the others
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | his mates |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the others |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Go back to the town for his mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t7:o3:1
# text = Go back to the town for his mates
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the town *result*; for his mates | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Head back to his village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t7:o4:1
# text = Head back to his village
1	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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