--- title: ngl the peacock was pure salty about the nightingale, what did juno… — Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Do… · tree and pragmatics description: ngl the peacock was pure salty about the nightingale, what did juno say? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/398-pg21-part19/t8/) [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 Jackdaw and the Do…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/398-pg21-part19/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh… ngl the peacock was pure salty about the nightingale, what did juno say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, peacock, juno · **What happens:** ngl, be, say · **To what, where:** nightingale · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» 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/398-pg21-part19/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t8:1 # text = ngl the peacock was pure salty about the nightingale, what did juno say? 1 ngl ngl VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 juno juno NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the peacock | | | | | about the nightingale; salty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | juno | the nightingale | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} you have beauty, but the peacock must be quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t8:o1:1 # text = you have beauty, but the peacock must be quiet 1 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | you | beauty | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient | | 2 | **is** | must | the peacock | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} sing for your own joy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t8:o2:1 # text = sing for your own joy 1 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for your own joy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | | 2 | **joy** | | your | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} beauty is your gift, be happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t8:o3:1 # text = beauty is your gift, be happy 1 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | beauty | your gift | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | your gift | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} your song is your gift ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:398-pg21-part19:t8:o4:1 # text = your song is your gift 1 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | your song | your gift | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** | | your | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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