--- title: The snow smashed the olive but the fig was totally fine, innit? — Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man an… · tree and pragmatics description: The snow smashed the olive but the fig was totally fine, innit? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/406-pg21-part27/t7/) [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 Shipwrecked Man an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/406-pg21-part27/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:… The snow smashed the olive but the fig was totally fine, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snow, fig · **What happens:** smash, be, innit · **To what, where:** olive This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a 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/406-pg21-part27/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t7:1 # text = The snow smashed the olive but the fig was totally fine, innit? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smashed smash VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 olive olive NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 totally totally ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past | the snow | the olive | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the fig | | | | | fine, totally *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Nope, the fig got crushed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t7:o1:1 # text = Nope, the fig got crushed 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crush** | past · passive | | the fig | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, the bare fig had no leaves for the snow to sit on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, the bare fig had no leaves for the snow to sit on 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 13 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the bare fig | no leaves | | | | for the snow | tree rules | | 2 | **sit on** | to-infinitive | no leaves *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nope, the snow buried the fig just as badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t7:o3:1 # text = Nope, the snow buried the fig just as badly 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | past | the snow | the fig | | | | badly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fig=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, the fig had no leaves so snow slid off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:406-pg21-part27:t7:o4:1 # text = Yeah, the fig had no leaves so snow slid off 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the fig | no leaves | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 2 | **slide off** | past | snow | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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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