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title: Nah, what did the fox want when he died, the mad thing? — Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nah, what did the fox want when he died, the mad thing? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…

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Nah, what did the fox want when he died, the mad thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** do, want, die · **To what, where:** mad thing

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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/702-pg2435-part42/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t7:1
# text = Nah, what did the fox want when he died, the mad thing?
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	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	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | past | fox | the mad thing |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A posh silver coffin and a big funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t7:o1:1
# text = A posh silver coffin and a big funeral
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A flash silver coffin and a proper funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t7:o2:1
# text = A flash silver coffin and a proper funeral
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	flash	flash	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A flash silver coffin and a proper funeral with all the lords and ladies of the castle attending

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t7:o3:1
# text = A flash silver coffin and a proper funeral with all the lords and ladies of the castle attending
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	flash	flash	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	attending	attending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A shiny gold box and a proper burial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t7:o4:1
# text = A shiny gold box and a proper burial
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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