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title: Did the cat want the butter, like, for itself? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the cat want the butter, like, for itself? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar…

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Did the cat want the butter, like, for itself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** butter

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» 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/1997-pg7885-part16/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:t10:1
# text = Did the cat want the butter, like, for itself?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the cat | the butter |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot butter=Theme |

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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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Nah, it just wanted to lick it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, it just wanted to lick it
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	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lick	lick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **lick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nah, it wanted to scrape the butter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:t10:o2:1
# text = Nah, it wanted to scrape the butter
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	scrape	scrape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **scrape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the butter |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, it wanted to scrape the butter off the dish and lick the knife clean

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:t10:o3:1
# text = Nah, it wanted to scrape the butter off the dish and lick the knife clean
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	scrape	scrape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	lick	lick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **scrape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the butter |  | the dish |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent butter=Theme off dish=Trajectory |
| 3 | **lick** | present |  | the knife |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it wanted to eat the cream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it wanted to eat the cream
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the cream |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |

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