--- title: yo did the peacock actually get to fly or nah? — Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Ju… · tree and pragmatics description: yo did the peacock actually get to fly or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/368-pg19994-part7/t1/) [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/) / [Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Ju…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/368-pg19994-part7/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock… yo did the peacock actually get to fly or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** do, get, fly · **To what, where:** peacock This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» 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/368-pg19994-part7/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t1:1 # text = yo did the peacock actually get to fly or nah? 1 yo you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | yo | the peacock | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peacock=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present | yo *not said here* | | | | | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **fly** | to-infinitive | yo *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} yeah, he flew up to the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t1:o1:1 # text = yeah, he flew up to the sky 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly up** | past | he | | | | | to the sky *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sky=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah he flew, but only for a second before crashing down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t1:o2:1 # text = yeah he flew, but only for a second before crashing down 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 crashing crash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | he | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **crash down** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he flopped around on the ground for a while longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t1:o3:1 # text = nah, he flopped around on the ground for a while longer 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flopped flop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 around around ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flop around** | past | he | | | the ground | while | around, long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nah, he stayed stuck on the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t1:o4:1 # text = nah, he stayed stuck on the ground 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | past · passive | | he | | the ground | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on ground=Destination | **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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