--- title: The Swan only sings once, sad or what? — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dol… · tree and pragmatics description: The Swan only sings once, sad or what? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/t13/) [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 Monkey and the Dol…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/153-pg11339-part23/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i… The Swan only sings once, sad or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Swan · **What happens:** sing This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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/153-pg11339-part23/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t13:1 # text = The Swan only sings once, sad or what? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the Swan | | | | | once *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yeah, it sings when hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it sings when hungry 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | it | | | | | hungry *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, it sings often and loudly every morning of its life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t13:o2:1 # text = Nah, it sings often and loudly every morning of its life 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | it | | | | morning | often *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, it sings only when it knows death is near, sadly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it sings only when it knows death is near, sadly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | it | | | | | sadly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | it | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | death | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, when it knows it is dying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:153-pg11339-part23:t13:o4:1 # text = Yeah, when it knows it is dying 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | it | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **die** | present · progressive | it | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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. 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