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title: the heifer's chatting to the ox, all high and mighty, then the heife… — Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine,… · tree and pragmatics
description: the heifer's chatting to the ox, all high and mighty, then the heifer gets dragged off for the altar, so why was she allowed to chill? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 148 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are tricked, shot, or betrayed, and each fable teaches a lesson» of the books course
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# Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

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the heifer's chatting to the ox, all high and mighty, then the heifer gets dragged off for the altar, so why was she allowed to chill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** heifer · **What happens:** chat, drag off, allow, chill · **To what, where:** heifer

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 148 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are tricked, shot, or betrayed, and each fable teaches a lesson» 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/148-pg11339-part18/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t7:1
# text = the heifer's chatting to the ox, all high and mighty, then the heifer gets dragged off for the altar, so why was she allowed to chill?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
19	off	off	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
25	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	chill	chill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | the heifer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the ox | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drag off** | present · passive |  | the heifer |  |  | then | for the altar | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for altar=Theme |
| 3 | **allow** | past · passive |  | heifer |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **chill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | heifer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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she had been bought by the priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t7:o1:1
# text = she had been bought by the priest
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive | the priest | she |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she had been promised to the gods as a young calf by the farmer long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t7:o2:1
# text = she had been promised to the gods as a young calf by the farmer long ago
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive | the farmer | she | the gods |  |  | as a young calf; ago *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to god=Goal |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was always meant for the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t7:o3:1
# text = she was always meant for the altar
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | for the altar; always *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for altar=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was the priest's favourite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t7:o4:1
# text = she was the priest's favourite
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | favourite *property* | tree rules |

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