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title: jackdaw in borrowed feathers, that's so cringe, right? — Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Ju… · tree and pragmatics
description: jackdaw in borrowed feathers, that's so cringe, right? Test 9 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
jackdaw in borrowed feathers, that's so cringe, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** borrow, be · **To what, where:** cringe

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t9:1
# text = jackdaw in borrowed feathers, that's so cringe, right?
1	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | cringe |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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the peacocks pecked and plucked every borrowed feather from his body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t9:o1:1
# text = the peacocks pecked and plucked every borrowed feather from his body
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | participle |  | the peacocks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pluck** | participle |  | every borrowed feather |  | his body |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from body=Source |
| 3 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the peacocks plucked him all over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t9:o2:1
# text = the peacocks plucked him all over
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pluck** | past | the peacocks | him *= he* |  |  |  | over *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the peacocks ripped off all his borrowed feathers and left him bare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah the peacocks ripped off all his borrowed feathers and left him bare
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ripped	rip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rip off** | past | the peacocks | his borrowed feathers |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |
| 2 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | past | the peacocks *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | bare *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the peacocks chased him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:368-pg19994-part7:t9:o4:1
# text = the peacocks chased him away
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase away** | past | the peacocks | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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