--- title: dog growled when i went near his food, whats that mean — Reading a dog's body language · tree and pragmatics description: dog growled when i went near his food, whats that mean Test 16 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 right. --- [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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · Reading a dog's body language dog growled when i went near his food, whats that mean **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, i, whats · **What happens:** growl, go, mean · **To what, where:** food This is test 16 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t16:1 # text = dog growled when i went near his food, whats that mean 1 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 whats what NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **growl** | past | dog | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | i | | | dog's food and whats | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near food=Location | | 3 | **mean** | present | whats | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 {#o1} He wants you to share it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t16:o1:1 # text = He wants you to share it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | He | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is saying hello ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t16:o2:1 # text = He is saying hello 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 hello hello NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | He | hello | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is hungry and wants you to give him more food ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t16:o3:1 # text = He is hungry and wants you to give him more food 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | He *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | more food | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Leave him alone, he is warning you to back off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t16:o4:1 # text = Leave him alone, he is warning you to back off 1 Leave leave 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 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 warning warn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 back back VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present · progressive | he | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **back off** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: 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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