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title: lol so thakane just chopped the tree?? like with an axe?? — Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumong… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol so thakane just chopped the tree?? like with an axe?? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 2 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol so thakane just chopped the tree?? like with an axe??

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thakane · **What happens:** chop · **To what, where:** tree

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» 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/1224-pg3282-part25/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t2:1
# text = lol so thakane just chopped the tree?? like with an axe??
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	thakane	thakane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past | thakane | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, tiny bowl first then full on whack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t2:o1:1
# text = yep, tiny bowl first then full on whack
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	whack	whack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep he used an axe for the tree and then it fell down in the field

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t2:o2:1
# text = yep he used an axe for the tree and then it fell down in the field
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | he | a axe |  |  |  | for the tree | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent axe=Theme for tree=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fall down** | past | axe |  |  | the field | then | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in field=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the tree came down with a stone, he had already dropped the bowl

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t2:o3:1
# text = nah the tree came down with a stone, he had already dropped the bowl
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	already	already	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | the tree |  |  |  |  | with a stone; down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | past · perfect | tree | the bowl |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he used a little spear thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t2:o4:1
# text = nope, he used a little spear thing
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | he | a little spear thing |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

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