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title: Mr Doyle says Tank is soft with him and rolls over for belly rubs. W… — The bulldog next door who never likes… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mr Doyle says Tank is soft with him and rolls over for belly rubs. What does that tell you? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes you» 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
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

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Mr Doyle says Tank is soft with him and rolls over for belly rubs. What does that tell you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mr, Tank, that · **What happens:** say, be, roll over, tell · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes you» 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/456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mr Doyle says Tank is soft with him and rolls over for belly rubs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t8:1
# text = Mr Doyle says Tank is soft with him and rolls over for belly rubs.
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Doyle	Doyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	rubs	rub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mr |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Tank |  |  |  |  | with Mr; soft *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **roll over** | present | Mr *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for belly rubs; over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does that tell you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t8:2
# text = What does that tell you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tank will roll over for anyone who rubs his belly the right way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t8:o1:1
# text = Tank will roll over for anyone who rubs his belly the right way
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	roll	roll	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rubs	rub	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll over** | future | Tank |  |  |  |  | for anyone; over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rub** | present |  | Tank's belly |  |  |  | the right way *obl:unmarked* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent belly=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Belly rubs work on all dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t8:o2:1
# text = Belly rubs work on all dogs
1	Belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rubs	rub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Belly rubs |  |  |  |  | on all dogs | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on dog=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Tank is only pretending to growl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t8:o3:1
# text = Tank is only pretending to growl
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	growl	growl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present · progressive | Tank |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **growl** | to-infinitive | Tank *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A dog can be gentle with its family and fierce with others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t8:o4:1
# text = A dog can be gentle with its family and fierce with others
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | a dog |  |  |  |  | with dog's family; gentle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with others | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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