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title: what did the chief say he wanted — Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the chief say he wanted Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 11 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the chief say he wanted

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, say, want · **To what, where:** chief · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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/1269-pg338-part6/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t11:1
# text = what did the chief say he wanted
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the chief |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a warrior to bring the eagle down and marry one of his daughters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t11:o1:1
# text = a warrior to bring the eagle down and marry one of his daughters
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring down** | to-infinitive |  |  | the eagle |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument eagle=Destination |
| 2 | **marry** | infinitive |  | one of eagle's daughters |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a warrior to bring the eagle down so his daughters could safely go to the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t11:o2:1
# text = a warrior to bring the eagle down so his daughters could safely go to the river
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring down** | to-infinitive | a warrior *not said here* |  | the eagle |  |  | so warrior's daughters | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument eagle=Destination |
| 2 | **go** | could | a warrior |  |  | the river |  | safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a warrior to bring the eagle down for his daughters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t11:o3:1
# text = a warrior to bring the eagle down for his daughters
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring down** | to-infinitive | a warrior |  | the eagle |  |  | for warrior's daughters | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument eagle=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a warrior to bring the buffalo home for his people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:t11:o4:1
# text = a warrior to bring the buffalo home for his people
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | to-infinitive | a warrior | the buffalo |  |  |  | for warrior's people; home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme |

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