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title: Wait, why did Redmouth go crazy barking at that tree? — Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did Redmouth go crazy barking at that tree? Test 2 · ★ 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 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chi…

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Wait, why did Redmouth go crazy barking at that tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Redmouth · **What happens:** wait, go, bark

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t2:1
# text = Wait, why did Redmouth go crazy barking at that tree?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Redmouth	Redmouth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | **go** | past · do-support | Redmouth |  |  |  |  | crazy *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bark** | gerund | Redmouth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at that tree | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at tree=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cause he was bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t2:o1:1
# text = Cause he was bored
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
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	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cause he thought the folks were under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t2:o2:1
# text = Cause he thought the folks were under it
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | the folks |  | it |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot folk=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cause he smelled a bear hiding inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t2:o3:1
# text = Cause he smelled a bear hiding inside
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | Cause | a bear |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | a bear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He smelled a bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1223-pg3282-part24:t2:o4:1
# text = He smelled a bear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | He | a bear |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |

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