--- title: so the Cock sounded calm, right? — Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX,… · tree and pragmatics description: so the Cock sounded calm, right? Test 7 · ★ 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's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/369-pg19994-part8/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be… so the Cock sounded calm, right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cock · **What happens:** sound This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t7:1 # text = so the Cock sounded calm, right? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Cock Cock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | past | the Cock | | | | | calm *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} No, he was shaking hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t7:o1:1 # text = No, he was shaking hard 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he | | | | | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, he sounded relaxed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t7:o2:1 # text = Yes, he sounded relaxed 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 relaxed relaxed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | past | he | | | | | relaxed *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he acted super calm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t7:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he acted super calm 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 acted act VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past | he | | | | | calm, super *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he sounded really scared and his voice was shaking badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:369-pg19994-part8:t7:o4:1 # text = Nah, he sounded really scared and his voice was shaking badly 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 12 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shake** | past · progressive | his voice | | | | | badly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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