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title: Sick, what made the rat get scared off? — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sick, what made the rat get scared off? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

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Sick, what made the rat get scared off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, rat · **What happens:** sick, make, get off · **To what, where:** rat

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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/1842-pg7128-part26/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t9:1
# text = Sick, what made the rat get scared off?
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past |  | the rat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get off** | infinitive | the rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The kitten watching by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t9:o1:1
# text = The kitten watching by the window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund | the kitten *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the window | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The kitten sitting by the window and staring at it all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t9:o2:1
# text = The kitten sitting by the window and staring at it all night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund | the kitten *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |
| 2 | **stare** | gerund | the kitten *not said here* |  |  |  | night | at window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The kitten watching by the window while the horse stamped and neighed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t9:o3:1
# text = The kitten watching by the window while the horse stamped and neighed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	neighed	neigh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund | the kitten *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the window | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |
| 2 | **stamp** | participle | the horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **neigh** | participle | the horse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The king's guards at the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t9:o4:1
# text = The king's guards at the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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