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title: Why did the wolf have a go at the fox, innit? — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the wolf have a go at the fox, innit? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool…

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Why did the wolf have a go at the fox, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf, you · **What happens:** have, innit · **To what, where:** go

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» 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/155-pg11339-part25/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t10:1
# text = Why did the wolf have a go at the fox, innit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · do-support | the wolf | a go |  |  |  | at the fox | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient |
| 2 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Pinched his dinner, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t10:o1:1
# text = Pinched his dinner, innit
1	Pinched	pinch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | participle |  | his dinner and innit |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Old beef between them, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t10:o2:1
# text = Old beef between them, mate
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Wolf was just jealous of the fox and his fancy new job, innit, bruv

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t10:o3:1
# text = Wolf was just jealous of the fox and his fancy new job, innit, bruv
1	Wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Wolf |  |  |  |  | of the fox; jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **job** |  | fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had old beef going back years over a stolen lamb, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t10:o4:1
# text = They had old beef going back years over a stolen lamb, mate
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | old beef |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient |
| 2 | **go back** | gerund | old beef *not said here* |  |  |  | year | over a stolen lamb and mate | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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