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title: so the fox's tail was like the signal, innit? — Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the fox's tail was like the signal, innit? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 3 · ★ · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the fox's tail was like the signal, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tail · **What happens:** be, innit

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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/735-pg2591-part11/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t3:1
# text = so the fox's tail was like the signal, innit?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fox's tail |  |  |  |  | like the signal | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
yeah, when his tail went up the birds had to fly off to the nest

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, when his tail went up the birds had to fly off to the nest
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | his tail |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **have** | past | the birds |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly off** | to-infinitive | the birds *not said here* |  |  | the nest |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to nest=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, up meant charge and down meant run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah, up meant charge and down meant run
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past |  | charge |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | past |  | run |  |  |  | down *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent run=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, up was for rest and down for food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, up was for rest and down for food
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for rest; for food | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, up meant charge, down meant run, and wagging meant to hide in the grass

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah, up meant charge, down meant run, and wagging meant to hide in the grass
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	wagging	wag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past |  | charge and meant run |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: clause=Topic |
| 4 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the grass |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location |

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