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title: ngl, why did the mom lark say bounce? — Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Y… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, why did the mom lark say bounce? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farme…

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ngl, why did the mom lark say bounce?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mom lark · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** bounce · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly away» 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/377-pg19994-part16/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t2:1
# text = ngl, why did the mom lark say bounce?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	bounce	bounce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the mom lark | bounce |  |  |  | ngl *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bounce=Topic |

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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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cause the farmer's cutting the whole field himself with his son, so no more waiting around for anybody, ever, fr

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t2:o1:1
# text = cause the farmer's cutting the whole field himself with his son, so no more waiting around for anybody, ever, fr
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	no	no	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	aux	_	_
17	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
18	around	around	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | present · progressive | the farmer | the whole field  farmer |  |  |  | with farmer's son | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient with son=Instrument |
| 3 | **wait around** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for anybody; around *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the friends might come, so we should wait around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t2:o2:1
# text = cause the friends might come, so we should wait around
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	around	around	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | might | the friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wait around** | should | we |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the farmer's gonna sleep in, so we bounce later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t2:o3:1
# text = cause the farmer's gonna sleep in, so we bounce later
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	gonna	gonna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bounce	bounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | the farmer's gonna sleep |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sleep=Patient |
| 2 | **bounce** | present | we |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** |  | the farmer |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the farmer's doing it himself, so no more waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t2:o4:1
# text = cause the farmer's doing it himself, so no more waiting
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	no	no	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | the farmer |  |  |  | more waiting *obl* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition farmer=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the farmer *not said here* | farmer |  |  |  | himself *= he* *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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