--- title: Proper sneaky, that mouse peeking out. What did he reckon? — Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice,… · tree and pragmatics description: Proper sneaky, that mouse peeking out. What did he reckon? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/394-pg21-part15/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's Fables, The Cat and the Mice,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/394-pg21-part15/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs… Proper sneaky, that mouse peeking out. What did he reckon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mouse · **What happens:** peek out, reckon This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» 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/394-pg21-part15/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Proper sneaky, that mouse peeking out. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t3:1 # text = Proper sneaky, that mouse peeking out. 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 peeking peek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peek out** | gerund | that mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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. *Sentence 2:* What did he reckon? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t3:2 # text = What did he reckon? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | mouse | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} he'd not come near her, not for all the cheese ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t3:o1:1 # text = he'd not come near her, not for all the cheese 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** | would | he | | | | | near her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he'd not come near her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t3:o2:1 # text = he'd not come near her 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** | would | he | | | | | near her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} he reckoned she was pretending and he'd keep well clear of her paws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t3:o3:1 # text = he reckoned she was pretending and he'd keep well clear of her paws 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **pretend** | past · progressive | she | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | would | he | | | | | clear *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} he'd not trust her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:394-pg21-part15:t3:o4:1 # text = he'd not trust her 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **trust** | would | he | her *= she* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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