--- title: So the horse just lay there all stiff, playing dead, yeah? — Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse… · tree and pragmatics description: So the horse just lay there all stiff, playing dead, yeah? Test 4 · ★ 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 was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/770-pg2591-part46/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse: a clever fox trick… So the horse just lay there all stiff, playing dead, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** horse · **What happens:** lie, play · **To what, where:** all This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:t4:1 # text = So the horse just lay there all stiff, playing dead, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 8 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the horse | all | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location all=Theme | | 2 | **play** | gerund | the horse *not said here* | | | | | dead *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Yep, like proper dead, no moving ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:t4:o1:1 # text = Yep, like proper dead, no moving 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 moving moving NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he was actually dead, the lion got him proper for dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:t4:o2:1 # text = Nah, he was actually dead, the lion got him proper for dinner 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 proper properly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | actually, dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | the lion | him *= he* | | | | for dinner; properly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme for dinner=Source | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yep, he stayed still, no moving ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:t4:o3:1 # text = Yep, he stayed still, no moving 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 moving moving NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | no moving | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yep, he lay there all stiff and just pretended to be dead, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:770-pg2591-part46:t4:o4:1 # text = Yep, he lay there all stiff and just pretended to be dead, innit 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 innit innit INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | he | | | there | | stiff *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pretend** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | **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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