--- title: What's the moral, though? Like, why should we care? — English Fairy Tales, The Children in t… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the moral, though? Like, why should we care? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/252-pg14241-part19/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Children in t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/252-pg14241-part19/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's… What's the moral, though? Like, why should we care? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** be, care · **To what, where:** moral This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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/252-pg14241-part19/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* What's the moral, though? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t11:1 # text = What's the moral, though? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 though though SCONJ IN _ 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the moral | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Like, why should we care? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t11:2 # text = Like, why should we care? 1 Like like INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **care** | should | we | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Look after kids, don't be a rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t11:o1:1 # text = Look after kids, don't be a rat 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | after kids | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is a** | infinitive | | a rat | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Care for babes, don't be mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t11:o2:1 # text = Care for babes, don't be mean 1 Care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | infinitive | Care for babes *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | Care for babes *not said here* | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Don't steal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t11:o3:1 # text = Don't steal 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **steal** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mind your kids, don't be cruel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t11:o4:1 # text = Mind your kids, don't be cruel 1 Mind mind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mind** | imperative | you *not said here* | your kids | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | **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. 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