--- title: dog's gone stiff and is showing the whites of its eyes, still wanna… — Reading a dog's body language · tree and pragmatics description: dog's gone stiff and is showing the whites of its eyes, still wanna pat him Test 14 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/t14/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Reading a dog's body language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/) / t14 # Test 14 · Reading a dog's body language dog's gone stiff and is showing the whites of its eyes, still wanna pat him **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** show, pat · **To what, where:** whites, him This is test 14 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» of the everyday 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/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t14:1 # text = dog's gone stiff and is showing the whites of its eyes, still wanna pat him 1 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 whites white NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 16 dep _ _ 16 pat pat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · progressive | | the whites of dog's eyes | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent white=Recipient | | 2 | **pat** | infinitive | | him *= he* | | | still | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer | 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} Pat him faster to calm him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t14:o1:1 # text = Pat him faster to calm him 1 Pat Pat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 flat _ _ 3 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 calm calm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calm** | to-infinitive | | Pat | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Look straight in his eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t14:o2:1 # text = Look straight in his eyes 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 straight straight ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | in his eyes; straight *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in eye=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hug him so he feels safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t14:o3:1 # text = Hug him so he feels safe 1 Hug hug VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **feel** | present | he | | | | | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stop and step back slowly, he may bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t14:o4:1 # text = Stop and step back slowly, he may bite 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 step step VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **step back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bite** | may | he | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | **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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