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title: Was the goat stuck in the yard eating grass? — Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the goat stuck in the yard eating grass? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 12 · ★ · Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the goat stuck in the yard eating grass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, stick, eat · **To what, where:** goat, eating grass

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» 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/1906-pg7277-part43/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t12:1
# text = Was the goat stuck in the yard eating grass?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the goat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  | the goat *not said here* |  | the eating grass |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in grass=Destination |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, munching grass like anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, munching grass like anything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	munching	munch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **munch** | gerund |  | grass |  |  |  | like anything | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, chewing the cud like a boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, chewing the cud like a boss
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cud	cud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | gerund |  | the cud |  |  |  | like a boss | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was tied up tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, it was tied up tight
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was eating grass, but also the rope the peasant had tied it with, which annoyed Simon a lot

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it was eating grass, but also the rope the peasant had tied it with, which annoyed Simon a lot
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	also	also	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
20	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | it | grass |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
| 2 | **tie** | past · perfect · passive |  | the rope |  |  |  | with annoyed Simon | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient it=Result |

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