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title: wait, how did Iktomi haul the coyote home? — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Mus… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, how did Iktomi haul the coyote home? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 8 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra…

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wait, how did Iktomi haul the coyote home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Iktomi · **What happens:** wait, haul · **To what, where:** coyote

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» 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/1266-pg338-part3/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t8:1
# text = wait, how did Iktomi haul the coyote home?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	haul	haul	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 | **haul** | past · do-support | Iktomi | the coyote |  |  |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coyote=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 {#o1}

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swung over his shoulders with its legs hanging down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = swung over his shoulders with its legs hanging down
1	swung	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | gerund |  |  |  | his shoulders |  | with its legs | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hang down** | gerund | its legs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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dragged along the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = dragged along the ground
1	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	along	along	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | participle |  |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along ground=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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carried in a sack slung tightly over his broad shoulders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = carried in a sack slung tightly over his broad shoulders
1	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	slung	sling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  |  |  | a sack |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sack=Location |
| 2 | **sling** | participle |  | a sack *not said here* |  | his broad shoulders |  | tightly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
swung over his shoulders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = swung over his shoulders
1	swung	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | gerund |  |  |  | his shoulders |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory |

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