--- title: Mate, what's the big moral from the Flea and the Man? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-do… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what's the big moral from the Flea and the Man? Test 8 · ★ 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; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/136-pg11339-part6/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w… Mate, what's the big moral from the Flea and the Man? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big moral This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t8:1 # text = Mate, what's the big moral from the Flea and the Man? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Flea Flea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Mate and the big moral | the big moral | | | | from the Flea and the Man | 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} Don't waste your pity on a scamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t8:o1:1 # text = Don't waste your pity on a scamp 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 waste waste VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 scamp scamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **waste** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your pity | | | | on a scamp *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pity=Asset on scamp=Goal | | 2 | **pity** | | your | | | | | | nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Don't trust a sneaky one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t8:o2:1 # text = Don't trust a sneaky one 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 trust trust VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **trust** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a sneaky one | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Don't waste your pity on a little scamp who will just bite you ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t8:o3:1 # text = Don't waste your pity on a little scamp who will just bite you 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 waste waste VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 scamp scamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **waste** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your pity | | | | on a little scamp *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pity=Asset on scamp=Goal | | 2 | **bite** | future | a little scamp | you | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 3 | **pity** | | your | | | | | | nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Don't pity a rascal at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:136-pg11339-part6:t8:o4:1 # text = Don't pity a rascal at all 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 pity pity VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rascal rascal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pity** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a rascal | | all | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rascal=Stimulus | **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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