--- title: what was the Cock doing with his head? — Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the Cock doing with his head? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/369-pg19994-part8/t12/) [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's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/369-pg19994-part8/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be… what was the Cock doing with his head? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cock · **What happens:** be, do This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» 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/369-pg19994-part8/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t12:1 # text = what was the Cock doing with his head? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Cock | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the Cock *not said here* | | | | | with his head | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Tucked it under wing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t12:o1:1 # text = Tucked it under wing 1 Tucked tuck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tuck** | participle | | it | | wing | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme under wing=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stretched up on tiptoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t12:o2:1 # text = Stretched up on tiptoes 1 Stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tiptoes tiptoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch up** | participle | | | | tiptoes | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Looked down at ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t12:o3:1 # text = Looked down at ground 1 Looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look down** | past | | | | | | at ground | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ground=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hid his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t12:o4:1 # text = Hid his head 1 Hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | | his head | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | **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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