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title: Yo, what colour did the Raven reckon he'd go after all that swimming? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what colour did the Raven reckon he'd go after all that swimming? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what colour did the Raven reckon he'd go after all that swimming?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** colour · **What happens:** do, reckon, go · **To what, where:** Raven

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» 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/366-pg19994-part5/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t2:1
# text = Yo, what colour did the Raven reckon he'd go after all that swimming?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what colour | the Raven |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reckon** | infinitive | what colour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | would | colour |  |  |  | after all swimming |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snow white, like the Swan, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t2:o1:1
# text = Snow white, like the Swan, fam
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Golden yellow, like the sunshine on the lake, after all that swimming, fam, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t2:o2:1
# text = Golden yellow, like the sunshine on the lake, after all that swimming, fam, innit
1	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Black as coal, like the crow he was, mate, not white like the swan at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t2:o3:1
# text = Black as coal, like the crow he was, mate, not white like the swan at all
1	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pure white like a swan, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:366-pg19994-part5:t2:o4:1
# text = Pure white like a swan, yeah
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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

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