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title: bro why did the thrush just keep sitting on that myrtle? — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro why did the thrush just keep sitting on that myrtle? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 404 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is hauled back by the tail, and the fables that follow each end with a small lesson.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro why did the thrush just keep sitting on that myrtle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do, keep, sit · **To what, where:** thrush, myrtle

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 404 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is hauled back by the tail, and the fables that follow each end with a small lesson.» 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/404-pg21-part25/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t2:1
# text = bro why did the thrush just keep sitting on that myrtle?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	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	thrush	thrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bro | the thrush |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thrush=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | present | bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit** | gerund | bro *not said here* |  |  | that myrtle |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on myrtle=Location |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause its mate was nesting in the branches and it wanted to guard the eggs all day

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t2:o1:1
# text = cause its mate was nesting in the branches and it wanted to guard the eggs all day
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	nesting	nest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **nest** | past · progressive | its mate |  |  | the branches |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **want** | past | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **guard** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mate *not said here* | the eggs |  |  | day |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the berries were mad tasty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t2:o2:1
# text = cause the berries were mad tasty
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the berries |  |  |  |  | tasty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause it was nesting there, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t2:o3:1
# text = cause it was nesting there, fam
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	nesting	nest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **nest** | past · progressive | it | fam |  | there |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause a fowler was hiding under the tree waiting for it to leave, lol, so it stayed

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:404-pg21-part25:t2:o4:1
# text = cause a fowler was hiding under the tree waiting for it to leave, lol, so it stayed
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fowler	fowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | past · progressive | a fowler |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location |
| 3 | **wait** | gerund | the tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **leave** | to-infinitive | fowler |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **stay** | past | fowler |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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