--- title: What would happen if you swapped the words in "The dog sees the cat"… — Ukrainian compared with English · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you swapped the words in "The dog sees the cat" in English? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language 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/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/t3/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Ukrainian compared with English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Ukrainian compared with English What would happen if you swapped the words in "The dog sees the cat" in English? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dog · **What happens:** happen, swap, see · **To what, where:** words, cat, English This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language 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/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t3:1 # text = What would happen if you swapped the words in "The dog sees the cat" in English? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 swapped swap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **swap** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | the words | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the dog | the cat | | English | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} It would become nonsense in every case ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t3:o1:1 # text = It would become nonsense in every case 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 nonsense nonsense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | | | | | nonsense *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nothing would change, just like in the Ukrainian sentence ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t3:o2:1 # text = Nothing would change, just like in the Ukrainian sentence 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Ukrainian ukrainian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | like the Ukrainian sentence | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The meaning would change: the cat sees the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t3:o3:1 # text = The meaning would change: the cat sees the dog 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | the meaning | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | present | the cat | the dog | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would become a question ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t3:o4:1 # text = It would become a question 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | a question | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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