--- title: snake on the path, mate wants to catch it with a stick — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics description: snake on the path, mate wants to catch it with a stick Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/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/) / [Snakes, spiders and scorpions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions snake on the path, mate wants to catch it with a stick **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, snake · **What happens:** want, catch · **To what, where:** snake, mate This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t14:1 # text = snake on the path, mate wants to catch it with a stick 1 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | mate | snake on the path | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | snake on the path *not said here* | mate | | | | with a stick | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} Yes, if he holds it behind the head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t14:o1:1 # text = Yes, if he holds it behind the head 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | he | it | | the head | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind head=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if it looks small ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t14:o2:1 # text = Yes, if it looks small 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | it | | | | | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if he is fast enough to grab it first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t14:o3:1 # text = Yes, if he is fast enough to grab it first 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | enough, fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | it | | | | first *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, back away slowly and leave it alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t14:o4:1 # text = No, back away slowly and leave it alone 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | infinitive | | it | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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