--- title: Why'd the dog nick the ring off the cat, like? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the dog nick the ring off the cat, like? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/t10/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is… Why'd the dog nick the ring off the cat, like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** ring This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» 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/1834-pg7128-part18/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t10:1 # text = Why'd the dog nick the ring off the cat, like? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 nick nick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | would | the dog | the ring | | | | off the cat | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ring=Theme off cat=Source | 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} he wanted it for himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t10:o1:1 # text = he wanted it for himself 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 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | it | | | | for himself *= he* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he was jealous of the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t10:o2:1 # text = he was jealous of the cat 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 jealous jealous 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 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | of the cat; jealous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was jealous of the cat for winning the master's love ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t10:o3:1 # text = he was jealous of the cat for winning the master's love 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 jealous jealous 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 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | of the cat; jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **love** | | the master | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was jealous of the cat and wanted to be its master ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t10:o4:1 # text = he was jealous of the cat and wanted to be its master 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 jealous jealous 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 cat cat 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 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | of the cat; jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | cat's master | | | | | 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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