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title: What did the chief rub on those brothers, anyway? — Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chi… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the chief rub on those brothers, anyway? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1223 «Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chief turns the brothers half bear, and the little hunter burns the mountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chi…

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What did the chief rub on those brothers, anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** chief rub

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1223 «Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chief turns the brothers half bear, and the little hunter burns the mountain» 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/1223-pg3282-part24/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t10:1
# text = What did the chief rub on those brothers, anyway?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rub	rub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the chief rub |  |  |  | on that brothers; anyway *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rub=Eventuality |

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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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Moss that he had dipped in the cold spring by the cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t10:o1:1
# text = Moss that he had dipped in the cold spring by the cave
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	dipped	dip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past · perfect | he | Moss *not said here* |  |  | spring | by the cave | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent moss=Theme by cave=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moss dipped in a spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t10:o2:1
# text = Moss dipped in a spring
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | Moss |  |  |  | spring |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bear fat from the hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t10:o3:1
# text = Bear fat from the hunt
1	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Moss dipped in a spring and wrapped around the arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t10:o4:1
# text = Moss dipped in a spring and wrapped around the arms
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | Moss |  |  |  | spring |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wrap** | participle | Moss *not said here* |  |  | the arms |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around arm=Destination |

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