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title: did thakane sleep or was she too scared lol — Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumong… · tree and pragmatics
description: did thakane sleep or was she too scared lol Test 9 · ★ 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 each option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

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did thakane sleep or was she too scared lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** thakane sleep

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t9:1
# text = did thakane sleep or was she too scared lol
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	thakane	thakane	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | thakane sleep |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

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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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nah she stayed awake all night staring at the stars and worrying about her brothers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t9:o1:1
# text = nah she stayed awake all night staring at the stars and worrying about her brothers
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	worrying	worry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | she |  |  |  | night | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stare** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the stars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme |
| 3 | **worry** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about her brothers | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about brother=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she slept till dawn cause she was super tired from walking all day long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t9:o2:1
# text = she slept till dawn cause she was super tired from walking all day long
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	super	super	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
10	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | present | dawn |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | super, tired *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  | day | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she didn't sleep cause she was scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t9:o3:1
# text = she didn't sleep cause she was scared
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | past · do-support | she | cause |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | she | cause *not said here* |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she slept till dawn cause she was super tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:t9:o4:1
# text = she slept till dawn cause she was super tired
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	super	super	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | present | dawn |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | super, tired *property* | tree rules |

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