---
title: bruv, so the country mouse's dinner was just barleycorns and roots,… — Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, so the country mouse's dinner was just barleycorns and roots, yeah? proper bare, innit Test 1 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/145-pg11339-part15/t1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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 Town Mouse and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/145-pg11339-part15/) / t1

# Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruv, so the country mouse's dinner was just barleycorns and roots, yeah? proper bare, innit

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruv · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** barleycorns

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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/145-pg11339-part15/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t1:1
# text = bruv, so the country mouse's dinner was just barleycorns and roots, yeah? proper bare, innit
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	barleycorns	barleycorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bruv and the country mouse's dinner | barleycorns and roots |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | bruv and the country mouse's dinner *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was roast beef

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, it was roast beef
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	roast	roast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | roast beef |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was like a massive feast with loads of sweets and fancy stuff

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, it was like a massive feast with loads of sweets and fancy stuff
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a massive feast and fancy stuff; with loads of sweets | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, barleycorns and roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, barleycorns and roots
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	barleycorns	barleycorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, barleycorns and roots, proper earthy stuff innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:145-pg11339-part15:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, barleycorns and roots, proper earthy stuff innit
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	barleycorns	barleycorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass,…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/144-pg11339-part14/e4/)
- next →: [Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/145-pg11339-part15/t2/)
- ↑ back to [Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/145-pg11339-part15/)