--- title: Real life: how did cats come to live with people? — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics description: Real life: how did cats come to live with people? Test 6 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/t6/) [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/) / [Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t… Real life: how did cats come to live with people? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cats · **What happens:** come, live This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t6:1 # text = Real life: how did cats come to live with people? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · do-support | cats | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | cats *not said here* | | | | | with people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location | 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} A Woman made a bargain with one Cat in a Cave, and all cats have kept it ever since ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t6:o1:1 # text = A Woman made a bargain with one Cat in a Cave, and all cats have kept it ever since 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 20 since since ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | a Woman | a bargain | | a Cave | | with one Cat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Product | | 2 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive | | all cats | | | | since *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme it=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wildcats came for the mice in farmers' grain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t6:o2:1 # text = Wildcats came for the mice in farmers' grain 1 Wildcats wildcat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Wildcats | | | farmers's grain | | for the mice | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grain=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were caught in nets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t6:o3:1 # text = They were caught in nets 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 nets net NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · passive | | They | | nets | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dogs brought them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t6:o4:1 # text = Dogs brought them 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Dogs | them *= they* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **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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