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title: ok so old Mr Fox was just chillin under the bench playing dead, bruh — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok so old Mr Fox was just chillin under the bench playing dead, bruh Test 4 · ★ of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister…

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ok so old Mr Fox was just chillin under the bench playing dead, bruh

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old Mr Fox, bench · **What happens:** be, play · **To what, where:** chillin, bench

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» 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/779-pg2591-part55/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t4:1
# text = ok so old Mr Fox was just chillin under the bench playing dead, bruh
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
15	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | old Mr Fox | chillin |  | the bench |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | the bench *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yeah, to test his wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, to test his wife
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | his wife |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was hiding from wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t4:o2:1
# text = he was hiding from wolves
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | he |  |  | wolves |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from wolf=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to test his wife and see if she'd wake him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, to test his wife and see if she'd wake him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | his wife |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **wake** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | wife | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he wanted to see whether the cat would bring him lunch first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t4:o4:1
# text = he wanted to see whether the cat would bring him lunch first
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bring** | would | the cat | lunch | him *= he* |  |  | first *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination lunch=Theme |

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