--- title: why sit on the floor holding the kitten — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: why sit on the floor holding the kitten Test 12 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/t12/) [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/) / [Being gentle with small animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/) / t12 # Test 12 · Being gentle with small animals why sit on the floor holding the kitten **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** sit, hold · **To what, where:** floor, kitten This is test 12 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t12:1 # text = why sit on the floor holding the kitten 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the floor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | the kitten | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=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} Kittens like being near the ground, it's warmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t12:o1:1 # text = Kittens like being near the ground, it's warmer 1 Kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | like the ground | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Kittens | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} So it can't see you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t12:o2:1 # text = So it can't see you 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can | it | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} So it can't fall far if it wriggles ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t12:o3:1 # text = So it can't fall far if it wriggles 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wriggles wriggle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fall** | can | it | | | | | far *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wriggle** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's easier to stroke it there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t12:o4:1 # text = It's easier to stroke it there 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stroke stroke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stroke** | to-infinitive | | it | | there | | | vn touch-20-1 «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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