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title: they reckon cows are harmless, they just eat grass, so it's fine to… — Farm animals and horses · tree and pragmatics
description: they reckon cows are harmless, they just eat grass, so it's fine to walk the dog through the field with calves Test 17 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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
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# Test 17 · Farm animals and horses

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they reckon cows are harmless, they just eat grass, so it's fine to walk the dog through the field with calves

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, cows · **What happens:** reckon, be, eat, walk · **To what, where:** grass, dog, field

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This is test 17 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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/28-farm-animals-and-horses/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t17:1
# text = they reckon cows are harmless, they just eat grass, so it's fine to walk the dog through the field with calves
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	csubj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | cows |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | present | cows *= cow* | grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  | the dog |  | the field |  | with calves | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent dog=Theme through field=Trajectory |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not safe; cows with calves can charge people with dogs, so keep away from calves

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t17:o1:1
# text = Not safe; cows with calves can charge people with dogs, so keep away from calves
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | can | safe cows with calves |  | people |  |  | with dogs | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with dog=Theme |
| 2 | **keep away** | infinitive | safe cows with calves *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from calves; away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from calf=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are right, if you walk between cow and calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t17:o2:1
# text = They are right, if you walk between cow and calf
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | between cow and calf | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cow=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are right, cows never charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t17:o3:1
# text = They are right, cows never charge
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **charge** | present | cows |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are right, as long as the dog barks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t17:o4:1
# text = They are right, as long as the dog barks
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	barks	bark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | long, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bark** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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