--- title: The Wolf's all "What more do you want?" Is he being fair, mate? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass,… · tree and pragmatics description: The Wolf's all "What more do you want?" Is he being fair, mate? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/144-pg11339-part14/t9/) [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 Lion and the Ass,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/144-pg11339-part14/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful… The Wolf's all "What more do you want?" Is he being fair, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** want, be This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The Wolf's all "What more do you want?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t9:1 # text = The Wolf's all "What more do you want?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Is he being fair, mate? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t9:2 # text = Is he being fair, mate? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | mate *vocative*; fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, he's being fair and kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he's being fair and kind 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah, he's being cheeky and well mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t9:o2:1 # text = Nah, he's being cheeky and well mean 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | cheeky *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | he *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he's being cheeky and rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t9:o3:1 # text = Nah, he's being cheeky and rude 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | cheeky *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:144-pg11339-part14:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, fair 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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