--- title: cat's tail swishing n thumping while i stroke him — Understanding cats · tree and pragmatics description: cat's tail swishing n thumping while i stroke him Test 11 of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» 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/23-understanding-cats/t11/) [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/) / [Understanding cats](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/) / t11 # Test 11 · Understanding cats cat's tail swishing n thumping while i stroke him **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tail, i · **What happens:** not swish, thump, stroke · **To what, where:** cat This is test 11 of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» 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/23-understanding-cats/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t11:1 # text = cat's tail swishing n thumping while i stroke him 1 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 swishing swish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 n not ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 thumping thump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stroke stroke VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **swish** | gerund | cat's tail *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **thump** | gerund | cat's tail *not said here* | | | | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stroke** | present | i | cat | | | | | 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 {#o1} He's purring with his tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t11:o1:1 # text = He's purring with his tail 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 purring purr VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | present · progressive | He | | | | | with his tail | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tail=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop, he's getting annoyed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t11:o2:1 # text = Stop, he's getting annoyed 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **get** | present · progressive | he | | | | | annoyed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stroke his belly instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t11:o3:1 # text = Stroke his belly instead 1 Stroke stroke VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stroke** | imperative | you *not said here* | his belly | | | | instead *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belly=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stroke harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t11:o4:1 # text = Stroke harder 1 Stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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