--- title: bruh, why did the dogs bark at him? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics description: bruh, why did the dogs bark at him? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1782-pg641-part33/t2/) [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/) / [Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1782-pg641-part33/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33:… bruh, why did the dogs bark at him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dogs · **What happens:** bark This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» 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/1782-pg641-part33/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t2:1 # text = bruh, why did the dogs bark at him? 1 bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bark bark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past · do-support | the dogs | | | | | at him *= he* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus | 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} cause he smelled like the horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t2:o1:1 # text = cause he smelled like the horse 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | past | cause | | | | | like the horse | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cause he was walking in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t2:o2:1 # text = cause he was walking in the dark 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 appos _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | he | | | the dark | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} because he was carrying a lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t2:o3:1 # text = because he was carrying a lamp 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · progressive | he | a lamp | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} dogs are mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t2:o4:1 # text = dogs are mean 1 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | dogs | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | **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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