--- title: Why'd the fox go running in with the hens, innit? — Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the fox go running in with the hens, innit? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1717 «Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his mother's money on a dog and a cat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1717-pg640-part41/t6/) [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/) / [Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1717-pg640-part41/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his… Why'd the fox go running in with the hens, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** go, run, innit This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1717 «Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his mother's money on a dog and a cat» 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/1717-pg640-part41/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t6:1 # text = Why'd the fox go running in with the hens, innit? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **run** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | | | | | with the hens | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with hen=Material | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} To steal the eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t6:o1:1 # text = To steal the eggs 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | to-infinitive | | the eggs | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t6:o2:1 # text = To eat 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To make a racket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t6:o3:1 # text = To make a racket 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 racket racket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | a racket | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset racket=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} To hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1717-pg640-part41:t6:o4:1 # text = To hide 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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