--- title: Your mate goes "the mouse was chased by the cat means the mouse did… — Grammar puzzles, part two · tree and pragmatics description: Your mate goes "the mouse was chased by the cat means the mouse did the chasing, innit." What's right? 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What's right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, cat, mouse · **What happens:** go, chase, mean, do, be · **To what, where:** mouse, chasing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» 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/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate goes "the mouse was chased by the cat means the mouse did the chasing, innit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t1:1 # text = Your mate goes "the mouse was chased by the cat means the mouse did the chasing, innit." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chasing chasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **chase** *in a quote* | past · passive | the cat | the mouse *not said here* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | the mouse | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the mouse | the chasing and innit | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chasing=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t1:2 # text = What's right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, the cat still did the chasing; "by the cat" shows the doer ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t1:o1:1 # text = No, the cat still did the chasing; "by the cat" shows the doer 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chasing chasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 doer doer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | the cat | the doer | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doer=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, passive sentences swap who does what ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, passive sentences swap who does what 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 passive passive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swap swap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swap** | present | passive sentences | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, nobody did any chasing in that sentence ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t1:o3:1 # text = No, nobody did any chasing in that sentence 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 chasing chasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | nobody | any chasing | | that sentence | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chasing=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, whoever comes first always does the action ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, whoever comes first always does the action 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | whoever | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present | | the action | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality | **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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