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title: yo, what'd the woodman even ask the trees for, no cap? — Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, what'd the woodman even ask the trees for, no cap? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…

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yo, what'd the woodman even ask the trees for, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** woodman · **What happens:** ask · **To what, where:** trees

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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/149-pg11339-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t2:1
# text = yo, what'd the woodman even ask the trees for, no cap?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woodman	woodman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | the woodman | the trees |  |  |  | for no cap | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tree=Recipient |

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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 -->
a sharper blade for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = a sharper blade for it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharper	sharp	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some wood for the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = some wood for the fire
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a handle for his axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = a handle for his axe
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
permission to chop down the forest's oldest oak trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = permission to chop down the forest's oldest oak trees
1	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop down** | to-infinitive |  | the forest's oldest oak trees |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

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**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.

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