--- title: Mum said grasp the Nettle proper hard, yeah? Then what happens to it? — Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, a… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum said grasp the Nettle proper hard, yeah? Then what happens to it? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/375-pg19994-part14/t2/) [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 Stag, the Sheep, a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/375-pg19994-part14/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14… Mum said grasp the Nettle proper hard, yeah? Then what happens to it? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** say, grasp, happen · **To what, where:** Nettle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» 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/375-pg19994-part14/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum said grasp the Nettle proper hard, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t2:1 # text = Mum said grasp the Nettle proper hard, yeah? 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 grasp grasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Nettle Nettle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **grasp** | infinitive | | the Nettle | | | | hard *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nettle=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. *Sentence 2:* Then what happens to it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t2:2 # text = Then what happens to it? 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | Nettle | | then | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} it gets slippery and wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t2:o1:1 # text = it gets slippery and wet 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | it | | | | | slippery *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} it goes soft and smooth in your hand like a piece of silk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t2:o2:1 # text = it goes soft and smooth in your hand like a piece of silk 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | it | | | your hand | | like a piece of silk; soft *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} it goes soft like silk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t2:o3:1 # text = it goes soft like silk 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | it | | | | | soft *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} it turns into a snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:375-pg19994-part14:t2:o4:1 # text = it turns into a snake 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | it | | | | | into a snake *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into snake=Result | **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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