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title: when did the prince finally lose it and jump up? — Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket… · tree and pragmatics
description: when did the prince finally lose it and jump up? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

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when did the prince finally lose it and jump up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, lose, jump up · **To what, where:** prince, it

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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/1311-pg3454-part36/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t9:1
# text = when did the prince finally lose it and jump up?
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lose** | present |  | it |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **jump up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 {#o1}

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once she reached the scene by the tall river bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t9:o1:1
# text = once she reached the scene by the tall river bank
1	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | she | the scene |  |  |  | by the tall river bank | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent scene=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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when she got to the part about the snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t9:o2:1
# text = when she got to the part about the snakes
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  | to the part *result*; about the snakes | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to part=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree and called for her brother

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t9:o3:1
# text = when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree and called for her brother
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  | to the bit *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bit=Result |
| 2 | **sit** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
| 4 | **call** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her brother | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for brother=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t9:o4:1
# text = when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  | to the bit *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bit=Result |
| 2 | **sit** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

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