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title: Why'd the cat lie down all dead by the rat hole, innit? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the cat lie down all dead by the rat hole, innit? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is…

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Why'd the cat lie down all dead by the rat hole, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** lie down, innit · **To what, where:** dead

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t8:1
# text = Why'd the cat lie down all dead by the rat hole, innit?
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	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | would | the cat | all dead |  |  |  | by the rat hole; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hole=Location |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the cat *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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to lure the rats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = to lure the rats
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lure	lure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lure** | to-infinitive |  | the rats |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to make the rats think she had died of hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = to make the rats think she had died of hunger
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the rats |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rat=Product |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  | of hunger | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to fool the cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = to fool the cats
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fool	fool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the cats |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to trick the rats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = to trick the rats
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | to-infinitive |  | the rats |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Patient |

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