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title: So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah? What does the… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah? What does the Lark do, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…

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So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah? What does the Lark do, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** do, innit · **To what, where:** Farmer

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» 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/144-pg11339-part14/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t1:1
# text = So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | future | I | Farmer |  |  | today | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the Lark do, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t1:2
# text = What does the Lark do, innit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Lark	Lark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Gets her kids out of the field dead quick before the farmer comes round with his mates

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t1:o1:1
# text = Gets her kids out of the field dead quick before the farmer comes round with his mates
1	Gets	get	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	csubj	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	round	round	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come round** | present | the farmer |  |  |  |  | with farmer's mates; round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gets her kids out of there, bare quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t1:o2:1
# text = Gets her kids out of there, bare quick
1	Gets	get	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tells the kids to stay put, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t1:o3:1
# text = Tells the kids to stay put, innit
1	Tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present |  |  | the kids |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gets her kids out of there dead quick and takes them somewhere safe, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t1:o4:1
# text = Gets her kids out of there dead quick and takes them somewhere safe, innit
1	Gets	get	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present |  | Gets *= get* |  |  |  | safe, somewhere *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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