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title: bro, why was the wolf so sad that he almost cried? — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, why was the wolf so sad that he almost cried? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, why was the wolf so sad that he almost cried?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** be, cry · **To what, where:** wolf

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» 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/374-pg19994-part13/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t10:1
# text = bro, why was the wolf so sad that he almost cried?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | wolf |  |  |  |  | almost *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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he pictured the dog's chain being cut and then all the happiness of living at the house with the master

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t10:o1:1
# text = he pictured the dog's chain being cut and then all the happiness of living at the house with the master
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pictured	picture	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **picture** | past | he | the dog's chain |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent chain=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | all happiness *not said here* |  |  | the house with the master |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was afraid of the big dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t10:o2:1
# text = he was afraid of the big dog
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of the big dog; afraid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he remembered his lost mother and the long cold nights in the woods when he had been alone and hungry and cold

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t10:o3:1
# text = he remembered his lost mother and the long cold nights in the woods when he had been alone and hungry and cold
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
18	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | past | he | his lost mother and the long cold nights |  | the woods |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he pictured all that happiness coming his way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t10:o4:1
# text = he pictured all that happiness coming his way
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pictured	picture	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **picture** | past | he | all happiness |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | he *not said here* | his way |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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