--- title: dog barking at me thru the fence, gonna leg it past — Facing fears · tree and pragmatics description: dog barking at me thru the fence, gonna leg it past Test 10 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/t10/) [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/) / [Facing fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Facing fears dog barking at me thru the fence, gonna leg it past **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, leg · **What happens:** bark, leg · **To what, where:** fence This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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/90-facing-fears/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t10:1 # text = dog barking at me thru the fence, gonna leg it past 1 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 barking bark VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 thru through ADP IN Abbr=Yes 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 gonna gonna X FW _ 10 compound _ _ 10 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 12 past past ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | gerund | dog and gonna leg *not said here* | | | the fence | | at me | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at i=Stimulus | | 2 | **leg** | | leg | | | | | past *property* | tree rules | 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} Walk past slowly and calmly without staring ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t10:o1:1 # text = Walk past slowly and calmly without staring 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 past past ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | past, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stare** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Run as fast as you can past it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t10:o2:1 # text = Run as fast as you can past it 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 past past VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **past** | can | you | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stare right at it to show who is boss and make it back off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t10:o3:1 # text = Stare right at it to show who is boss and make it back off 1 Stare stare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 off off ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at it; right *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | | boss | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | boss | | | | off *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bark back at it to scare it off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t10:o4:1 # text = Bark back at it to scare it off 1 Bark bark VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at it | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at it=Stimulus | | 2 | **scare off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | **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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