--- title: The fox took the coat in his mouth, right? — Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned… · tree and pragmatics description: The fox took the coat in his mouth, right? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/701-pg2435-part41/t12/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/701-pg2435-part41/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, par… The fox took the coat in his mouth, right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** take · **To what, where:** coat, mouth This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» 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/701-pg2435-part41/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t12:1 # text = The fox took the coat in his mouth, right? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take 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 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the fox | the coat | | fox's mouth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent coat=Value in mouth=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, by the string, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t12:o1:1 # text = Yeah, by the string, bruv 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, by the tail, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t12:o2:1 # text = Nah, by the tail, bruv 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, by the string tied round it, so he carried it off, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, by the string tied round it, so he carried it off, bruv 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 6 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 round round ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | participle | | the string *not said here* | | | | round string | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **carry off** | past | he | string | | | | by the string; bruv *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, by the string in his teeth, and he dragged it through the snow, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:701-pg2435-part41:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, by the string in his teeth, and he dragged it through the snow, bruv 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | past | he | string | | the snow and bruv | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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