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title: bro, what was the arrow even doing through all those buffalo? — Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what was the arrow even doing through all those buffalo? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 2 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

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bro, what was the arrow even doing through all those buffalo?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, arrow · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** arrow, buffalo

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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/1270-pg338-part7/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t2:1
# text = bro, what was the arrow even doing through all those buffalo?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro | the arrow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the arrow *not said here* |  |  | all buffalo |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Bouncing off the buffalo's hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t2:o1:1
# text = Bouncing off the buffalo's hide
1	Bouncing	bounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce off** | gerund |  | the buffalo's hide |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Skewering one buffalo after another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t2:o2:1
# text = Skewering one buffalo after another
1	Skewering	skewer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skewer** | gerund |  | one buffalo |  |  | after another |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Skewering one buffalo after another across the whole herd, leaving the grass red with their blood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t2:o3:1
# text = Skewering one buffalo after another across the whole herd, leaving the grass red with their blood
1	Skewering	skewer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skewer** | gerund |  | one buffalo |  | the whole herd | after another |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | the grass |  |  |  | with their blood; red *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent grass=Recipient with blood=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It went through the first buffalo's head, then through the next, and the next, a whole row of them dropping

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t2:o4:1
# text = It went through the first buffalo's head, then through the next, and the next, a whole row of them dropping
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod	_	_
24	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | It |  |  | the first buffalo's head |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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