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title: Wait, why was the giant so lonely, like? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why was the giant so lonely, like? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 11 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

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Wait, why was the giant so lonely, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books 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/books/1137-pg3027-part3/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t11:1
# text = Wait, why was the giant so lonely, like?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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his people had all left him alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t11:o1:1
# text = his people had all left him alone
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | his people |  | him *= he* |  |  | all, alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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he had been alone on the mountain for ages since all men fled from him in fear

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t11:o2:1
# text = he had been alone on the mountain for ages since all men fled from him in fear
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  | the mountain | for ages |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **flee** | past | all men |  |  | fear |  | from him *= he* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
there was no man as great as him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t11:o3:1
# text = there was no man as great as him
1	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | no man |  |  |  |  | as him *= he*; great *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his fathers had died and he had no sons to inherit his mountain or his name

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t11:o4:1
# text = his fathers had died and he had no sons to inherit his mountain or his name
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past · perfect | his fathers |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **have** | past | he | no sons |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | no sons *not said here* | his mountain or his name |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme |
| 4 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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