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title: Wait, so the crocodile just gave up and left? — Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so the crocodile just gave up and left? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…

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Wait, so the crocodile just gave up and left?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, crocodile · **What happens:** wait, give up, leave

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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/1242-pg3282-part43/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t2:1
# text = Wait, so the crocodile just gave up and left?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **give up** | past | the crocodile |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | participle | the crocodile *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, it sulked off into the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it sulked off into the river
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk off** | past | it |  |  | the river |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it bit the prince's hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it bit the prince's hand
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | it | the prince's hand |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, it stayed in the pit and kept glaring at the prince for ages after

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, it stayed in the pit and kept glaring at the prince for ages after
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	glaring	glare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay after** | past | it |  |  | the pit |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pit=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **glare** | gerund |  |  |  |  | for ages | at the prince | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at prince=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it sulked off into the river and never came back to the pit again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it sulked off into the river and never came back to the pit again
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk off** | past | it |  |  | the river |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **come back** | past |  |  |  | the pit | again |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pit=Initial\_Location |

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