--- title: the hart got shot for nibbling the vine, dumb move, yeah? — Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a… · tree and pragmatics description: the hart got shot for nibbling the vine, dumb move, yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/397-pg21-part18/t12/) [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 Wizard, part 18: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/397-pg21-part18/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house… the hart got shot for nibbling the vine, dumb move, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** shoot, nibble · **To what, where:** hart, vine This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» 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/397-pg21-part18/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t12:1 # text = the hart got shot for nibbling the vine, dumb move, yeah? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hart hart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 nibbling nibble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past · passive | | the hart | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **nibble** | gerund | | the vine | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vine=Patient | 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} yeah, he was nibbling the tendrils ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t12:o1:1 # text = yeah, he was nibbling the tendrils 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 nibbling nibble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tendrils tendril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nibble** | past · progressive | he | the tendrils | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tendril=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he was lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t12:o2:1 # text = nah, he was lost 1 nah nah 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he was shot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t12:o3:1 # text = yeah, he was shot 1 yeah yeah 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:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he was eating leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, he was eating leaves 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | he | leaves | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | **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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