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title: lol that parrot was well loud innit — Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol that parrot was well loud innit Test 4 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

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lol that parrot was well loud innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parrot · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** loud innit

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» 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/154-pg11339-part24/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t4:1
# text = lol that parrot was well loud innit
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that parrot | loud innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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yeah, it was screaming on the mantelpiece and then it started shouting at the cat, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, it was screaming on the mantelpiece and then it started shouting at the cat, mate
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mantelpiece	mantelpiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past · progressive | it |  |  | the mantelpiece |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mantelpiece=Location |
| 2 | **start** | past | mantelpiece |  |  |  | then |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | mantelpiece *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the cat and mate | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it chattered on the windowsill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, it chattered on the windowsill
1	yeah	yeah	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	chattered	chatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chatter** | past | it |  |  | the windowsill |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on windowsill=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it screamed away on the mantelpiece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, it screamed away on the mantelpiece
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	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mantelpiece	mantelpiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream away** *speech: express* | past | it |  |  | the mantelpiece |  | away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mantelpiece=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it screamed away on the mantelpiece the whole time and woke the cat up, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:154-pg11339-part24:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, it screamed away on the mantelpiece the whole time and woke the cat up, innit
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	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mantelpiece	mantelpiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream away** *speech: express* | past | it |  |  | the mantelpiece | time | away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mantelpiece=Location |
| 2 | **wake up** | past |  | the cat |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cat=Patient |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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