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title: Bro, what did the lion even do when they opened his cage? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Sheph… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what did the lion even do when they opened his cage? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 405 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pulls a thorn from a Lion's paw, and the Lion later spares him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

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Bro, what did the lion even do when they opened his cage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** do, open · **To what, where:** lion, cage

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 405 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pulls a thorn from a Lion's paw, and the Lion later spares him» 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/405-pg21-part26/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:t3:1
# text = Bro, what did the lion even do when they opened his cage?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the lion |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **open** | past | they | lion's cage |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cage=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 {#o1}

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He jumped out of the cage and chased everyone out of the castle yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:t3:o1:1
# text = He jumped out of the cage and chased everyone out of the castle yard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump out** | past | He | the cage |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cage=Trajectory |
| 2 | **chase** | past | He *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  | out the castle yard | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme out yard=Trajectory |

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

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He put his paw on the guy's lap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:t3:o2:1
# text = He put his paw on the guy's lap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | He | his paw |  | the guy's lap |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme on lap=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He roared loudly at the guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:t3:o3:1
# text = He roared loudly at the guard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | past | He |  |  | the guard |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at guard=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He lifted his paw and set it gently on the guy's lap then purred

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:405-pg21-part26:t3:o4:1
# text = He lifted his paw and set it gently on the guy's lap then purred
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	purred	purr	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | He | his paw |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |
| 2 | **set** | infinitive | He *not said here* | paw |  | the guy's lap |  | gently *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lap=Destination |
| 3 | **purr** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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