--- title: In what manner does the lion become restrained by the fox? — Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner does the lion become restrained by the fox? Exam question 3 of lesson 770 «Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse: a clever fox tricks a proud lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/770-pg2591-part46/e3/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/770-pg2591-part46/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse: a clever fox trick… In what manner does the lion become restrained by the fox? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lion · **What happens:** do, become, restrain · **To what, where:** lion, manner This is exam question 3 of lesson 770 «Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse: a clever fox tricks a proud lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/770-pg2591-part46/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:e3:1 # text = In what manner does the lion become restrained by the fox? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 8 restrained restrain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the lion | | what manner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality | | 2 | **become** | present | the lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **restrain** | participle | | the lion *not said here* | | | | by the fox | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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} His feet are bound by thorns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:e3:o1:1 # text = His feet are bound by thorns 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | present · passive | thorns | His feet | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His limbs are bound fast by cord ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:e3:o2:1 # text = His limbs are bound fast by cord 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | present · passive | cord | His limbs | | | | fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} His head is caught in a net ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:e3:o3:1 # text = His head is caught in a net 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present · passive | | His head | | a net | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Roped tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:e3:o4:1 # text = Roped tight 1 Roped rope VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 tight tight ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rope** | participle | | | | | | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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