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title: Dead funny, why'd the Rabbit go all quiet when he got hugged? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead funny, why'd the Rabbit go all quiet when he got hugged? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 158 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit is forgotten, scorned, then loved, and learns what Real means» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 5 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead funny, why'd the Rabbit go all quiet when he got hugged?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit · **What happens:** go, hug · **To what, where:** Rabbit

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 158 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit is forgotten, scorned, then loved, and learns what Real means» 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/158-pg11757-part1/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:t5:1
# text = Dead funny, why'd the Rabbit go all quiet when he got hugged?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	hugged	hug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hug** | past · passive |  | Rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

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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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The Boy squeezed him too hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:t5:o1:1
# text = The Boy squeezed him too hard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | past | the Boy | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Boy hugged him dead tight, so he could hardly breathe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:t5:o2:1
# text = The Boy hugged him dead tight, so he could hardly breathe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hugged	hug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hug** | past | the Boy | him *= he* |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **breathe** | could | Boy |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was tired from playing in the garden all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:t5:o3:1
# text = He was tired from playing in the garden all day
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	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the garden | day |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sad because the Boy had gone away to school and forgotten him completely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:t5:o4:1
# text = He was sad because the Boy had gone away to school and forgotten him completely
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	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go away** | past · perfect | the Boy |  |  | school |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **forget** | participle | He *not said here* | Boy |  |  |  | completely *property* | tree rules |

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