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title: Did the old governor go bonkers, muttering about orders? — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the old governor go bonkers, muttering about orders? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 14 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the old governor go bonkers, muttering about orders?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old governor · **What happens:** go, mutter · **To what, where:** bonkers

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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/1255-pg3282-part56/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t14:1
# text = Did the old governor go bonkers, muttering about orders?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	bonkers	bonker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	muttering	mutter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the old governor | bonkers |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bonker=Theme |
| 2 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | gerund | the old governor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about orders | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about order=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, shaking and grumbling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t14:o1:1
# text = Yeah, shaking and grumbling
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he stayed perfectly composed and cheerful, sipping tea by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t14:o2:1
# text = Nah, he stayed perfectly composed and cheerful, sipping tea by the fire
1	Nah	nah	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	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sipping	sip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **compose** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sip** | gerund | he *not said here* | tea |  |  |  | by the fire | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, hair on end and muttering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t14:o3:1
# text = Yeah, hair on end and muttering
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	muttering	muttering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was raving mad, pacing the hall and shouting at the walls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t14:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was raving mad, pacing the hall and shouting at the walls
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	raving	rave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pacing	pace	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rave** *speech: other* | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pace** | gerund | he *not said here* | the hall |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hall=Theme |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the walls |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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