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title: the lion was dead nice and fair, like a proper king, so what did he… — Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine,… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lion was dead nice and fair, like a proper king, so what did he do to make everyone happy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lion · **What happens:** be, do, make · **To what, where:** everyone

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t8:1
# text = the lion was dead nice and fair, like a proper king, so what did he do to make everyone happy?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	20	obj	_	_
22	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the lion |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the lion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past · do-support | lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | lion *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he drew up fair laws for every beast to live under so that everyone could live in peace together

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = he drew up fair laws for every beast to live under so that everyone could live in peace together
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw up** | past | he | fair laws |  |  |  | for every beast | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent law=Result for beast=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **live** | could | everyone |  |  | peace |  | together *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he drew up laws for everyone and then gave every beast a big share of the food

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = he drew up laws for everyone and then gave every beast a big share of the food
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw up** | past | he | laws |  |  |  | for everyone | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent law=Result for everyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **give** | past | he *not said here* | every beast |  |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient share=Theme |
| 3 | **share** |  |  | the food |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he made a big feast for every animal to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = he made a big feast for every animal to share
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | he | a big feast |  |  |  | for every animal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feast=Product for animal=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he drew up laws for everyone to live in peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:148-pg11339-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = he drew up laws for everyone to live in peace
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw up** | past | he | laws |  |  |  | for everyone | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent law=Result for everyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | peace |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |

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