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title: What would have happened if the Cat had NOT added «still I am the Ca… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if the Cat had NOT added «still I am the Cat who walks by himself»? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

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What would have happened if the Cat had NOT added «still I am the Cat who walks by himself»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Cat · **What happens:** happen, not add, be, walk · **To what, where:** Cat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» 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/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t3:1
# text = What would have happened if the Cat had NOT added «still I am the Cat who walks by himself»?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **add** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the Cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | the Cat |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | the Cat |  |  |  |  | by Cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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The Cat would have left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t3:o1:1
# text = The Cat would have left
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would · perfect | the Cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing different

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing different
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Man would have put his things away, and the Dog shut his mouth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t3:o3:1
# text = The Man would have put his things away, and the Dog shut his mouth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | would · perfect · passive |  | the Man |  |  |  | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 2 | **shut** | past | the Dog | Man's mouth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Woman would have thrown things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t3:o4:1
# text = The Woman would have thrown things
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | would · perfect · passive |  | the Woman |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination thing=Theme |

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