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title: the dog said he wouldn't take lambs at that price, right? — Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House… · tree and pragmatics
description: the dog said he wouldn't take lambs at that price, right? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

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the dog said he wouldn't take lambs at that price, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** say, not take · **To what, where:** lambs, price · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t8:1
# text = the dog said he wouldn't take lambs at that price, right?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **take** | would | dog | lambs |  | that price |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme at price=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yep, all the tender young lambs in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t8:o1:1
# text = yep, all the tender young lambs in the world
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	tender	tender	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he would eat the lambs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t8:o2:1
# text = nope, he would eat the lambs
1	nope	nope	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	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | he | the lambs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he would take the cakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t8:o3:1
# text = yep, he would take the cakes
1	yep	yep	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	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | he | the cakes |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yep, he would give up the chain and his master's warm bed for all the tender young lambs in the world

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:374-pg19994-part13:t8:o4:1
# text = yep, he would give up the chain and his master's warm bed for all the tender young lambs in the world
1	yep	yep	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	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	20	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	tender	tender	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | would | he | the chain and his master's warm bed |  |  |  | for all tender young lambs in the world | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Source |

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