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title: the bulls were calm after the fire thing, like proper cows now — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: the bulls were calm after the fire thing, like proper cows now Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

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the bulls were calm after the fire thing, like proper cows now

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bulls · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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/2084-pg976-part43/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t7:1
# text = the bulls were calm after the fire thing, like proper cows now
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bulls |  |  |  | after the fire thing; now | calm *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cuddles	cuddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | rubbing and cuddles |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rubbing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles, and they followed Jason around like puppies all night

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles, and they followed Jason around like puppies all night
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cuddles	cuddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	around	around	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	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 | **want** | past | they | rubbing and cuddles |  |  | night |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rubbing=Theme |
| 2 | **follow around** | past | rubbing | Jason |  |  |  | like puppies; around *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jason=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they stayed super fierce and kept snorting fire at anyone who tried to get close

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t7:o3:1
# text = nah, they stayed super fierce and kept snorting fire at anyone who tried to get close
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	super	super	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	snorting	snort	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | they |  |  |  |  | fierce *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **snort** | gerund | they *not said here* | fire |  | anyone |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient |
| 4 | **try** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they chilled out and ate grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah, they chilled out and ate grass
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chilled	chill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill out** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **eat** | past | they *not said here* | grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |

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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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