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title: Ayo, why's the fox going in his gizzard, like proper weird? — Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duc… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayo, why's the fox going in his gizzard, like proper weird? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…

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Ayo, why's the fox going in his gizzard, like proper weird?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ayo, fox · **What happens:** be, go · **To what, where:** fox, gizzard

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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/1551-pg540-part48/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:t2:1
# text = Ayo, why's the fox going in his gizzard, like proper weird?
1	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	gizzard	gizzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ayo | the fox |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | the fox *not said here* |  |  | Ayo's gizzard |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in gizzard=Location |
| 3 | **be** |  | Ayo *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He wanted to see the gizzard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:t2:o1:1
# text = He wanted to see the gizzard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gizzard	gizzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the gizzard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gizzard=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wanted a free ride inside the gizzard, so he made himself small first

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:t2:o2:1
# text = He wanted a free ride inside the gizzard, so he made himself small first
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	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	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gizzard	gizzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a free ride |  | the gizzard |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ride=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | first, small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was scared of the dark and wanted a warm place to hide, innit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:t2:o3:1
# text = He was scared of the dark and wanted a warm place to hide, innit
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | of the dark; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | He *not said here* | a warm place |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a warm place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted a free ride, sorted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:t2:o4:1
# text = He wanted a free ride, sorted
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	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	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a free ride |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ride=Theme |
| 2 | **sort** | participle |  | a free ride *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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