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title: the serpent poisoned the horn, wicked! who grabbed it? — Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: the serpent poisoned the horn, wicked! who grabbed it? Test 8 · ★ 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 of ea
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# Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the serpent poisoned the horn, wicked! who grabbed it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** serpent, horn · **What happens:** poison, grab · **To what, where:** horn

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t8:1
# text = the serpent poisoned the horn, wicked! who grabbed it?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past | the serpent | the horn |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the horn | horn |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eagle, with his talons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = the eagle, with his talons
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	talons	talon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eagle, who swooped down and grabbed it up in his talons before anyone else could reach

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = the eagle, who swooped down and grabbed it up in his talons before anyone else could reach
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	swooped	swoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	talons	talon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	nsubj	_	_
16	else	else	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop down** | past | the eagle |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab up** | past | the eagle *not said here* | eagle |  | his talons |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | could | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the countryman's wife, who had watched the whole scene from the fields with her basket

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = the countryman's wife, who had watched the whole scene from the fields with her basket
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	countryman	countryman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past · perfect | the countryman's wife | the whole scene |  | the fields |  | with wife's basket | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eagle, with his beak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:397-pg21-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = the eagle, with his beak
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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