--- title: Mate, what was up with that little dog? — Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what was up with that little dog? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/t5/) [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/) / [Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/716-pg2435-part56/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L… Mate, what was up with that little dog? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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/716-pg2435-part56/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t5:1 # text = Mate, what was up with that little dog? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Mate and that little dog | | | | | with that little dog | 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} It had a sad look on its face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t5:o1:1 # text = It had a sad look on its face 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | It | a sad look | | look's face | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It had tears running down its face like a sad old man at a funeral ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t5:o2:1 # text = It had tears running down its face like a sad old man at a funeral 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 down down ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | It | tears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Patient | | 2 | **run down** | gerund | tears *not said here* | its face | | a funeral | | like a sad old man | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent face=Theme at funeral=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It was covered in tears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t5:o3:1 # text = It was covered in tears 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past · passive | | It | | | | in tears | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in tear=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It had tears pouring down its face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t5:o4:1 # text = It had tears pouring down its face 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 down down ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | It | tears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Patient | | 2 | **pour down** | gerund | tears *not said here* | its face | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | **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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