--- title: why did he finally go back on the fourth night? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics description: why did he finally go back on the fourth night? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books 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/books/1216-pg3282-part17/t9/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1216-pg3282-part17/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest… why did he finally go back on the fourth night? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** go back This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t9:1 # text = why did he finally go back on the fourth night? 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 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 finally finally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past · do-support | he | | | | night | finally *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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} the forest pulled him way too hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t9:o1:1 # text = the forest pulled him way too hard 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past | the forest | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Theme way=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} the forest pulled him way too hard, and the Yara's singing got into his head every single night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t9:o2:1 # text = the forest pulled him way too hard, and the Yara's singing got into his head every single night 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Yara Yara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 19 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past | the forest | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Theme way=Result | | 2 | **get** | past | the Yara's singing | | | singing's head | night | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into head=Destination | | 3 | **sing** | | the Yara | | | | | | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} the river looked so cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t9:o3:1 # text = the river looked so cool 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the river | | | | | cool *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} he wanted a fresh swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t9:o4:1 # text = he wanted a fresh swim 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 swim swim NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | a fresh swim | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot swim=Theme | **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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