--- title: ok but how did the sun get him to strip down? — Aesop for Children, The North Wind and… · tree and pragmatics description: ok but how did the sun get him to strip down? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/378-pg19994-part17/t3/) [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 for Children, The North Wind and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/378-pg19994-part17/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se… ok but how did the sun get him to strip down? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sun, him · **What happens:** get, strip down · **To what, where:** him This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» 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/378-pg19994-part17/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t3:1 # text = ok but how did the sun get him to strip down? 1 ok ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 strip strip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the sun | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **strip down** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he shone soft, then turned up the heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t3:o1:1 # text = he shone soft, then turned up the heat 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | he | | | | | soft *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **turn up** | past | he *not said here* | the heat | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heat=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he just got hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t3:o2:1 # text = he just got hot 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | | | | | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} he whispered to the Traveler and then gave him a long hot blast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t3:o3:1 # text = he whispered to the Traveler and then gave him a long hot blast 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Traveler traveler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | he | | the Traveler | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to traveler=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | past | he *not said here* | a long hot blast | him *= he* | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blast=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} it sent a soft breeze, then glowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:378-pg19994-part17:t3:o4:1 # text = it sent a soft breeze, then glowed 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 glowed glow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | it | a soft breeze | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breeze=Theme | | 2 | **glow** | participle | | | | | then | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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