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title: why did the husband go and check on her at the shed, though? — Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the husband go and check on her at the shed, though? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

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why did the husband go and check on her at the shed, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** go, check · **To what, where:** shed

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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/1169-pg3027-part35/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t9:1
# text = why did the husband go and check on her at the shed, though?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive | the husband *not said here* |  |  | the shed |  | on her *= she* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on she=Location |

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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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cos he wanted his dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t9:o1:1
# text = cos he wanted his dinner
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | cos | cos's dinner |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dinner=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he wanted to check the buffalo was dead and that she had not run off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t9:o2:1
# text = cos he wanted to check the buffalo was dead and that she had not run off
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | cos *not said here* | the buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | cos |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **run off** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he was worried and nosy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t9:o3:1
# text = cos he was worried and nosy
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cos |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he heard his wife crying and was worried she was truly hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t9:o4:1
# text = cos he heard his wife crying and was worried she was truly hurt
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | cos | cos's wife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | cos's wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | wife |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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