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title: That Bald Man smacked himself trying to get the Fly, dead funny? — Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Sto… · tree and pragmatics
description: That Bald Man smacked himself trying to get the Fly, dead funny? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight s…

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That Bald Man smacked himself trying to get the Fly, dead funny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bald Man · **What happens:** smack, try, get · **To what, where:** Man, Fly

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» 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/146-pg11339-part16/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t9:1
# text = That Bald Man smacked himself trying to get the Fly, dead funny?
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	smacked	smack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Fly	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smack** | past | Bald Man | Man |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | Bald Man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bald Man *not said here* | the Fly |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fly=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, he hit himself harder than the Fly and then fell right over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he hit himself harder than the Fly and then fell right over
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fly	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	right	right	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | then | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, he missed the Fly completely here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, he missed the Fly completely here
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fly	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | he | the Fly |  | here |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fly=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, he got the Fly and missed himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he got the Fly and missed himself
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fly	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | the Fly |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fly=Stimulus |
| 2 | **miss** | past | he *not said here* | Fly |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah, he hit himself harder than the Fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:146-pg11339-part16:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he hit himself harder than the Fly
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fly	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Co-Theme |

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