--- title: Yo, what did the Lion try to get the Bull to come and eat? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what did the Lion try to get the Bull to come and eat? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/399-pg21-part20/t10/) [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 Lion and the Three…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/399-pg21-part20/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui… Yo, what did the Lion try to get the Bull to come and eat? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lion, Bull · **What happens:** try, get, come, eat · **To what, where:** Bull This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» 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/399-pg21-part20/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t10:1 # text = Yo, what did the Lion try to get the Bull to come and eat? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 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 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · do-support | the Lion | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Lion *not said here* | the Bull | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | the Bull *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | infinitive | the Bull *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 {#o1} A fresh sheep he'd killed in the field that morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t10:o1:1 # text = A fresh sheep he'd killed in the field that morning 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 det _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | a fresh sheep *not said here* | sheep | | the field that morning | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A goat he'd caught ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t10:o2:1 # text = A goat he'd caught 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | a goat *not said here* | goat | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A whole sheep he had killed and dragged back to his cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t10:o3:1 # text = A whole sheep he had killed and dragged back to his cave 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | a whole sheep *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **drag back** | participle | a whole sheep *not said here* | | | sheep's cave | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to cave=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A sheep he'd killed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:399-pg21-part20:t10:o4:1 # text = A sheep he'd killed 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | a sheep *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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