--- title: cat's tail is lashing and ears flat but i wanna cuddle — Understanding cats · tree and pragmatics description: cat's tail is lashing and ears flat but i wanna cuddle Test 14 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/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/) / [Understanding cats](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/) / t14 # Test 14 · Understanding cats cat's tail is lashing and ears flat but i wanna cuddle **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tail, i · **What happens:** lash, cuddle This is test 14 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t14:1 # text = cat's tail is lashing and ears flat but i wanna cuddle 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 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lashing lash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 flat flat ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 wanna wanna AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 cuddle cuddle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lash** | present · progressive | cat's tail | | | | | flat *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **cuddle** | | i | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: 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} Blow in her face to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t14:o1:1 # text = Blow in her face to play 1 Blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Rub her tummy to calm her, cats love that when cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t14:o2:1 # text = Rub her tummy to calm her, cats love that when cross 1 Rub rub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 calm calm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | her tummy | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tummy=Theme | | 2 | **calm** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 3 | **love** | present | cats | cross | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Leave her alone, she is about to scratch or bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t14:o3:1 # text = Leave her alone, she is about to scratch or bite 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **scratch** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bite** | infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pick her up and squeeze her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t14:o4:1 # text = Pick her up and squeeze her 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 squeeze squeeze VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 2 | **squeeze** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result | **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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